• The 27-year-old has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Hammers after the clubs agreed an undisclosed fee for the ex-Portsmouth star.

    BBC: West Ham sign Gary O'Neil from Middlesbrough

  • In Romania, too, public-sector unions are up in arms over spending cuts that were decreed under a bail-out agreed with the IMF and EU. Portugal's public workers held a 24-hour strike in March to protest against a wage freeze.

    ECONOMIST: Strikes and unions

  • It's a nod towards the Ulster Unionist demand for a pre-agreed programme for government.

    BBC: First day of new assembly term

  • The bank buys the house, then sells it to the buyer at cost plus a pre-agreed-upon profit, paid in installments.

    FORBES: Don't Call It Interest

  • Mr Hyatt drove his friend Mr White to a Blockbuster store - a spot where the couple agreed to meet - but Miss Manning did not turn up.

    BBC: Keith Hyatt

  • It is merely a matter of applying an agreed-upon set of rules (for instance, that any thing is equal to itself, or that if something is true for all members of a set of objects, it is true for any one specific object) to a set of agreed-upon structures, such as sets of objects.

    ECONOMIST: Just what does it mean to prove something?

  • Europe - after marathon hours of negotiating - has agreed a long-term budget.

    BBC: EU budget: National interests trump solidarity

  • The second is Sweden's centre-right prime minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, who recently refused to rescue a loss-making carmaker, Saab (though when a Swedish-led consortium agreed to buy Saab from General Motors, his government was ready to offer loan guarantees).

    ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

  • Under a tentative peace deal, al-Bashir agreed in November to a three-phase U.N. plan to strengthen the overstretched, 7, 000-strong African Union force in Darfur.

    NPR: U.S. Stiffens Sanctions on Sudan over Darfur

  • In a line of thought popular among German conservatives between the two World Wars, Kagan holds that liberals are dreamers who believe that nations will behave decently once they are part of a rational world order, where all are free to pursue their enlightened self-interests within a framework of internationally agreed-on rules, as promulgated by such institutions as the League of Nations and the United Nations.

    NEWYORKER: After America

  • Swisher's departure came a day after postseason home-run hero Raul Ibanez agreed to a one-year deal with the Seattle Mariners, leaving the Yankees to search elsewhere for a designated hitter.

    WSJ: Swisher, Ibanez Are Latest Yankees to Flee

  • As for the Junior Hurling, it was "a curtain-raiser because it was agreed there would be a curtain-raiser".

    BBC: Own goal for Ulster Council

  • The five-party coalition had entered office on the back of a series of confidence-building initiatives agreed by the previous interim government, which included a cross-party agreement on the 2008 budget and a modest package of devolution measures.

    ECONOMIST: The woeful state of Belgian politics

  • The Championship club have confirmed the free signing and the 26-year-old has agreed a three-year contract.

    BBC: Cardiff boss seals Conway signing

  • The 28-year-old has agreed a one-year contract at Valley Parade, with the option of a further year extension.

    BBC: Shane Duff

  • Pompey have also tied down reserve goalkeeper Asmir Begovic until 2011 after the Bosnian-born 21-year-old agreed a new three-year-deal.

    BBC: Portsmouth take Babayaro on trial

  • The 28-year-old has agreed a two-and-a-half year deal and joins for an undisclosed fee, understood to be a free transfer.

    BBC: Leon Britton completes shock Swansea City return

  • The 25-year-old has agreed a three-year contract with the Champions League finalists and will move to London after competing in Euro 2008.

    CNN: Chelsea swoop for $32M defender Bosingwa

  • The 22-year-old has agreed a four-year deal at Craven Cottage.

    BBC: Fulham complete ?4m Davis swoop

  • The 21-year-old midfielder has agreed a three-year deal at the Galpharm Stadium and becomes Town's first purchase of the summer.

    BBC: Falkirk's Scott Arfield joins Huddersfield Town

  • And there seems to be good reason for Benitez's beleaguered appearance after recent media speculation has seen claims abound that the soccer boss only remains in employment because Liverpool's cash-strapped American owners -- George Gillett and Tom Hicks -- can't afford to sack him from a freshly agreed five-year contract.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The US on Tuesday tabled a UN resolution - agreed with China - on new sanctions that would target the North's diplomats and cash transfers, in response to the test.

    BBC: South Korea warns on North Korea threat

  • Since 1999, select art funds, investors and private collectors have attempted to profit from rapidly rising auction totals by promising to purchase a work of art at a mutually agreed-upon price before it hits the block.

    FORBES: Can You Take the Risk Out of Buying Art?

  • The 26-year-old former Borders player, who also had a spell in Rugby League with Huddersfield Giants, has agreed a two-year contract.

    BBC: Edinburgh take Jones from Falcons

  • Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has agreed a two-year deal after taking 103 wickets last season.

    BBC: I'm fit and ready for the challenge

  • The 20-year-old Dutch striker has agreed a five-year contract as Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez continues a major overhaul of his squad.

    BBC: Liverpool complete Babel transfer

  • Wilkinson, 24, the club's longest-serving player, has agreed a 12-month contract extension which will keep him at the club at least 2012.

    BBC: New deals for Diao and Wilkinson

  • The 24-year-old winger last week agreed a three-year deal with the Premier League champions after Derry City were paid an undisclosed fee.

    BBC: McCourt reveals Celtic move shock

  • "Three years ago - before we did a straight swap - I had actually agreed to play Margaret Thatcher, " he said, securing a bigger laugh than any of MacFarlane's lines.

    BBC: MacFarlane aims high but hits mediocre

  • Scotland Under-20 star Jamie Adams has agreed a two-year deal.

    BBC: Locke joined Kilmarnock from Bradford City in August 2002

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