51.   His comments came as he met with Singapore Trade Minister George Yeo to examine the status of the negotiation.

52.   His comments came as Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Efim Zviagilsky in Moscow to defuse the tension in the secessionist republic.

53.   His comments came as Russian troops maintained their push into the capital where several groups of Chechen separatists were still holding out.

54.   His comments came as the Bosnian authorities said they had discovered mass graves in Sanski Most and Vozuca in northwestern and central Bosnia.

55.   Her comments came as Sharon was flying Sunday to the United States to present his peace proposals which recommend bypassing Arafat.

56.   His comments came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was explaining his rightwing policies in Washington to US President Bill Clinton.

57.   His comments came as relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan appear to be stuck at an all-time low, mainly over the issue of the Islamic Taliban movement.

58.   His comments came as the UN weapons investigators said they had dredged up newly-imported missile guidance parts from the Tigris river last weekend.

59.   His comments came as UN special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Yemen at the start of a fact-finding mission following a Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire.

60.   His comments came to visiting US officials review the nuclear compensation programs.