1.  Any potential agreement could still be derailed, however.

2.  Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky will travel to Beijing next week on a mission that will focus primarily on China's failure to enforce the intellectual property agreement.

3.  Cuba is not a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation agreement, though Mexico is.

4.  Cubachallenged Washington to sign an agreement establishing cooperation between the countries to fight the drug trade, but did not promise to turn over the suspect.

5.  Cuban Foreign Ministry officials could not be reached to confirm such an agreement to repay the debt.

6.  Describing his meeting with Gingrich, Rybkin said: "I mentioned the fact that agreements should be followed through.

7.  DENVER-PAPERS (Undated) _ Fierce rivals, The Denver Post and The Rocky Mountain News, announce a joint operating agreement.

8.  Depending on the results of the collaboration, the companies said they may enter into other agreements to produce the monoclonal antibody.

9.  Deposit Guaranty Corp. this morning signed a definitive agreement to buy Jefferson Guaranty Bancorp for $50.6 million in cash and stock, furthering its expansion into neighboring Louisiana.

10.  Desmarest had said Total won't back out of the 1995 agreement or stop seeking new ones because of the U.S. law.