1.   It is far from settled, but we have not seen real documented consensus agreement about the benefits of carotenoids.

2.   The consensus agreement, to go into effect in December, is to be announced on Thursday at a meeting of the Iraq compensation commission.

3.   Eitan and Beilin were to meet Wednesday in an attempt to complete a consensus agreement, but prominent lawymakers on both sides said they would not sign it.

4.   How to deal with the situation was one of the final sticking points in a consensus agreement that was to be issued Friday.

5.   The row has held up the consensus agreement for several days.

6.   The aboriginal whaling proposal requires a three-quarters majority to pass, but consensus agreement would allow it to pass without a vote.

7.   The government has six months to reach a consensus agreement on a permanent venue for the weekly cabinet meeting, the first of which will be chaired by Bosic.