Administration officials told Congressional negotiators the President could accept either repeal or drastic curtailment of the program that he strongly supported only last year.

American Home Products, the early suitor of Warner-Lambert, told negotiators that it would go away for a $1.8 billion fee.

Indeed, investigators said Mr. Commey told the pilots and negotiators that he believed that humans were being cloned.

Mr. Milosevic had purposely withheld this information, telling American negotiators, "I'll only show them the map at the end."

He often told negotiators that he would face assassination if he negotiated a separate peace.

The broadcast was made, but Koresh then told negotiators that God had told him to remain in the building and "wait."

The prisoners told negotiators they would give themselves up if a statement was circulated denouncing prison conditions.

This weekend, Cambodian officials told international negotiators that the arrival of Pol Pot in the capital would lead to unmanageable violence.

Officials of the European Community had told American negotiators they could not accept any accord that used the word "eliminate" in discussing subsidies.

In an important switch, the White House told American negotiators in Geneva tonight to lead the way toward an international treaty to control global warming.