He said Vietnam hoped to withdraw its estimated 120,000 soldiers before 1990, its self-imposed deadline for a total pullout.

"Syria will not accept anything less than a total pullout from the Golan and southern Lebanon," the official newspaper Ath-Thawra said.

He called for a total Israeli pullout from the strategic heights, the agency added.

Some ASEAN and Western observers greeted declarations of a total pullout by 1990 with incredulity.

General Aoun insisted on a timetable for a prompt and total Syrian pullout.

These responsibilities and imperatives dictate against both unrealizable deadlines and a precipitous total pullout.

Fearing a repetition of what happened in Goma in November, when the rebels attacked the refugee camps, aid groups are weighing the consequences of a total pullout.

Congress, though, is not yet prepared to demand an immediate and total pullout from Iraq.

Hopes Fade in Angola Canada is expected to announce a total pullout next week, after a similar decision by Denmark.

The Foreign Ministry said the proposals included a "timetable" for the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola that would eventually lead to a total Cuban pullout.