1.   A distribution plan must be adopted before Iraqi oil exports, which finance the aid, may resume.

2.   A pricing formula, necessary for timely approval of oil sales contracts, will be submitted once the distribution plan is approved, he said.

3.   According to court documents, the two men signed a detailed agreement on financing and managing cultivation sites, distribution plans and profit sharing.

4.   But in its latest court filings, the city seeks a thorough overhaul of the distribution plan that would mean less money for many rural counties.

5.   Compaq plans to use the money it saves from its new distribution plan to reduce prices.

6.   Crude oil could fall next week if the United Nations approves an Iraqi humanitarian aid distribution plan, paving the way for a resumption of limited Iraqi oil exports.

7.   Crude oil fell on anticipation that Iraq will pump oil for export as soon as a food distribution plan is approved by the United Nations.

8.   Crude prices fell amid speculation that oil exports from Iraq could resume in early January after United Nations representatives in Baghdad received a food distribution plan Wednesday from Iraq.

9.   Crude oil fell on expectations that Iraq will pump oil for export as soon as a food distribution plan is approved by the United Nations.

10.   Discussions on a new aid distribution plan began in Baghdad Sunday, Ueki said.