1.   The meeting coincided with the release by the state Board of Forestry of draft regulations governing logging practices on private lands.

2.   The meeting coincides with a renewed lobbying initiative by a utility trade group, the Nuclear Energy Institute, which hopes to speed the development of new reactors.

3.   The meeting coincides with the launch of an EU awareness campaign, aimed at making the euro, the proposed common currency, popular.

4.   The calendar meeting coincided with a seminar of the Harmonization of Doping Issues within the IAAF.

5.   The meeting coincided with separate Israeli-PLO talks in Cairo on holding the planned elections.

6.   The meeting coincides with the ongoing Turkish invasion of northern Iraq to root out Kurdish guerrillas staging cross-border raids onto Turkish territory.

7.   The meeting coincided with the opening of an aviation show in Beijing that was expected to yield at least some business for U.S. high tech firms.

8.   The meeting coincided with a visit to Egypt by Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy for talks with President Hosni Mubarak.

9.   The meeting coincided with separate Israeli-PLO talks in Cairo on Palestinian elections, which have not yet been scheduled.

10.   The meeting coincides with a visit to Egypt by Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy, who was met at Cairo airport by Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa.