When the ministers gather in Brussels next week, a final agreement may prove elusive, given the bitter arguments, particularly over agriculture.

When its foreign ministers gather today in Italy, they should agree to do so.

The ministers gathered around, talking in low voices.

The ministers are gathering amid reports that Iraq has moved thousands of troops to its borders with Kuwait.

The dock is several hundred yards across a bay from the convention center where ministers have gathered.

Soon, perhaps, ministers will be safely gathering urban scrumping into their Big Society.

Each spring the ministers gather to discuss economic cooperation.

Many of them will be in the crowd when kings, queens, presidents and prime ministers gather here on June 6.

The ministers gathered fifteen abreast behind it, and waited for the parade to form behind them.

The four ministers moved deeper into the room and gathered around the desk.