41.   Nevertheless, positions on Kashmir remain fundamentally opposed.

42.   Primakov said Russia position remained unchanged.

43.   The center position remains a big weakness.

44.   The number of casualties was not immediately known, the sources said, and the rebel positions remained unchanged.

45.   The Ulster Unionists said the IRA position remained vague and insufficient, and would be unlikely to undercut the pressure facing Trimble from party hard-liners.

46.   This position has remained unchanged since talks were brought to a halt two years and eight months ago.

47.   Voronin has not said whether he aspired to be president, prime minister, or leader of the Communist Party, but all three positions remain open to him.

48.   He maintained that their position remained the same and that they would not apologise for what he termed abuse of parliament.

49.   An informed source said his position remained unchanged at the Belgrade meeting.

50.   Australia also refused to ratify the protocol without the United States and Howard said that position remained unchanged.