41.   Amaral this week made a key concession, averting a threat by Gusmao to withdraw his candidacy.

42.   The plan seeks to grant a key territorial concession to the Tamils by joining two existing provinces in the north and east where the Tamil minority is concentrated.

43.   The Sri Lankan government announced key concessions to Tamil Tiger guerrillas and urged them to agree on a timetable for political negotiations to end a protracted ethnic war.

44.   The talks were suspended in the early hours of Saturday, with bosses saying they had made key concessions and union leaders countering that little progress had been made.

45.   Juppe had already frozen the plan in a key concession to the unions.

46.   Official sources said the new Colombo administration and the Tigers have agreed to make key concessions in a seven-page truce document hammered into shape by Norway.

47.   Palestinian officials said the overnight talks in Gaza City had seen Israel offer key concessions concerning security arrangements in Hebron.

48.   Talks were suspended in the early hours of Saturday, with bosses saying they had made key concessions and union leaders countering that little progress had been made.