Mr. Saleh gave a guarded acknowledgment of a plan from a regional bloc for a transition of power, but he did not commit to the proposal.
Although these ideas are not official Labour policy, the leadership says it is committed to the proposals and that they are part of a wider plan to reform the media.
The Boeing Company's chief executive, Harry C. Stonecipher, said yesterday that the $20 billion deal with the Air Force to lease 767's for use as aerial refueling tankers "is not dead" and that the Air Force remains committed to the proposal.
He would not say that the Government was still committed to the proposal and, tellingly, when told that people would interpret his silence as an acknowledgement the policy had been abandoned said: "I refer you to what the Prime Minister said in the House of Commons".
She said Dr. Frist remained committed to the proposal and would work over the recess to try to resolve the differences that prompted a Senate filibuster last week against a measure that provides billions of dollars in tax breaks to power producers.
Mr. Gore is also committed to the "modernization" proposals put forth by the Clinton administration, which try to inject more competition among health plans while protecting the fee-for-service program.
"We are, however, committed to the regeneration proposals and will continue to negotiate with leaseholders on all phases of the regeneration programme, to buy back their properties and allow the work, which is supported by the vast majority of residents on the estate, to move forward as soon as possible," he said.
Corvex then submitted a plan to Williams in which a majority of directors would be independent, but Williams told the hedge fund it could not commit to that proposal, according to Mr. Meister's letter to shareholders on Wednesday.
Navitus Bay said it was still committed to the original proposal but submitted plans for a smaller scheme in response to a query from the examining panel.
