11.  They are to meet in Cairo on Saturday to try to formulate a common position.

12.  They share a common roof and a common position.

13.  Abdullah has said he will be working to turn his proposal into a common Arab position.

14.  Arab foreign ministers have spent the last three days trying to forge a new common Arab position on future relations between Iraq and Kuwait.

15.  Botswana Foreign Affairs Minister Lt. Gen. Mompati Merafhe said the new group would allow regional states to take a common position on defense matters and other major issues.

16.  Britain could not issue visas to Burmese ministers if it wanted to, Cook said, because of the common European Union position against that.

17.  Brittan and Yosano said the made progress toward securing common positions ahead of the new round of world trade talks planned to start next year.

18.  But Kemp said the new administration should seek a common position with allies before acting unilaterally.

19.  Council diplomats were meeting privately to see if they could agree on a common position before putting the issue to a vote.

20.  Emerging briefly several hours into the talks, Chernomyrdin told reporters that the envoys were still working on a common position.