21.   US and Russian officials were Monday locked in negotiations here aimed at resolving a row sparked by Russian anxiety over the quality of chickens imported from the United States.

22.   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Swiss President Arnold Koller agreed Friday to work together to resolve the row over Jewish assets looted by the Nazis.

23.   Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said Tuesday he would stake the political future of his cabinet on resolving a row over US military bases in Okinawa.

24.   Maritime Union of Australia national secretary John Coombs was meanwhile meeting West Australian Transport Minister Eric Charlton to try to resolve the row.

25.   Mubarak dispatched his top advisor to Jerusalem in a last-ditch bid to resolve the row ahead of the opening of the conference.

26.   On Tuesday, Murayama said his government would only survive if it managed to resolve a row with Okinawa governor, Masahide Ota.

27.   President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday rebuffed an attempt by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher to resolve a row between Egypt and Israel over the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

28.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin warned Friday that his summit with Clinton might not resolve the row over NATO expansion.

29.   Senior US and Japanese trade officials on Friday said they were ready to meet again in the next few weeks to resolve a row over Japanese insurance deregulation.