1.   A similar pact was initialed by trade negotiators last November but then came to a dead stop after Communist leaders in Hanoi apparently had second thoughts.

2.   Officials said that negotiators would continue meetings on Wednesday and that the two leaders might meet again soon either to tackle remaining differences or to initial a pact.

3.   The pact was initialed by trade negotiators in November but then came to a dead stop as Hanoi began having second thoughts.

4.   Israeli chief negotiator Dan Shomron and his Palestinian counterpart Saeb Erekat initialed the pact behind closed doors at the summit, held on the Israel-Gaza border.

5.   Israeli chief negotiator Dan Shomron and his Palestinian counterpart Saeb Erekat initialed the pact.

6.   Israeli chief negotiator Dan Shomron and his Palestinian counterpart Saeb Erekat initialed the pact behind closed doors.

7.   Israeli chief negotiator Dan Shomron and his Palestinian counterpart, Saeb Erekat, initialed the pact behind closed doors at the summit.

8.   Kuchma emerged from a meeting with Severin and said the pact would be initialed, spokesman Dmytro Markov said.

9.   The three Balkan presidents initialed the pact Tuesday afternoon in a ceremony at Wright-Patterson and shook hands stiffly.

10.   He initialled the pact with his Israeli counterpart Yitzhak Rabin on Monday watched by King Hussein.