51.   Earlier, Barak was the host at a Sabbath dinner attended by delegation members.

52.   Earlier this week, the delegation members met Lebanese Foreign Minister Mahmoud Hammoud.

53.   Earlier, an Albanian delegation member said his side had been through all of the proposed text of the agreement and were nearly finished with the three annexes.

54.   Embassy officials refused requests to track down delegation members for comment.

55.   Formosa Plastics representatives declined comment at the airport, but delegation member Jacky Ko said the company has expressed intent to pay some compensation.

56.   In Geneva, U.S. delegation member Andrew Stoler said the bilateral talks under the auspices of the World Trade Organization would only last one day.

57.   It was a message repeated by other delegation members in a press conference beamed by satellite around the world.

58.   Lawmaker Anatoly Shabad, a delegation member, said he believes the Russians will be released, but he criticized the rebels.

59.   Leaders of the Partnership for Peace nations received a crystal bridge sculpture, while a crystal globe was given to delegation members.

60.   North Carolina delegation members expressed hope for additional legislation next year that would make purchases of American food possible.