51.   The Pakistani leader accepted an invitation from Putin during the Almaty summit, but no date has been announced.

52.   The Serb opposition leaders accepted the peace plan devised by the Contact Group of Russia, Britain, France, Germany and the United States.

53.   U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said that although each Congolese leader had accepted the cease-fire, they signed different pieces of paper.

54.   While Bosnian government leaders reluctantly accepted the peace deal, Bosnian Serbs angrily rejected it, charging they were sold out by Milosevic, who negotiated on their behalf.

55.   Former Yugoslav poresident and Milosevic ally, Borisav Yovic, has also called on the Serbian leader to accept election defeat.

56.   House Budget Committee chairman John Kasich said that leaders would not accept anything short of an agreement to balance the budget within seven years.

57.   Bosnian Serb leaders have accepted the peace accord reached in Dayton, Ohio, the Tanjug news agency reported Thursday.

58.   But he warned that the Moslem leaders would never accept puppet Chechen leaders sponsored by Moscow.

59.   The Republican lawmaker invited President Lee Teng-hui to an economic conference in Alaska this September, but the Taiwan leader has not accepted the invitation.

60.   Serb leaders have accepted the deal, which would see the deployment of UN forces between the warring sides, and have said they will sign it on Saturday.