41.   Outside, protesters stood in pouring rain and set off earsplitting alarms that were audible inside the conference hall.

42.   Abdullah embraced and kissed the Iraqi delegation head in front of TV cameras in the conference hall.

43.   Absent from the conference hall were prostitutes themselves.

44.   According to newspaper reports, security agents turned Carrington and several other embassy staffers away from the conference hall and then prevented the meeting from taking place.

45.   According to Nigerian newspapers, security agents turned Carrington and several other embassy staffers away from the conference hall and then prevented the meeting from taking place.

46.   Activists are vowing to leave a park that authorities have set aside for protests and defy police lines Saturday to demonstrate in front of the conference hall.

47.   Amid signs of dissent, Sinn Fein had burly minders bar outspoken critics of the accord from entering the conference hall Saturday.

48.   And in a bid to suppress dissenting voices within its ranks, it barred outspoken critics of the accord from entering the conference hall.

49.   Arafat and Levy left the conference hall without speaking to reporters.

50.   At the conference hall across town, a major dispute was brewing over the proposed agency for coordinating the anti-drug fight around the world.