1.   He described the meeting as marking a new stage in the peace process.

2.   The meeting was described as positive by the former Assembly Speaker, Ahmed Abdul-Aziz al-Saadoun.

3.   A US State Department official described the meeting as a step in the direction of normalization of relations.

4.   Later, officials described the meeting between the businessmen and members of the government-in-exile as extremely positive.

5.   The official Kenya News Agency described the meeting as a courtesy call, during which Botha delivered a message from South African President de Klerk.

6.   The meeting was described by US State Department spokeswoman as primarily a get-acquainted session.

7.   I find it puzzling that books are published which describe meetings that took place several years beforehand.

8.   Mr Adams later described the meeting as a useful exchange of views.

9.   Anderson described the meeting as positive.

10.   Another witness called by prosecutors has already described the meeting to the eight men and four women on the jury.