51.   But the task facing the US trouble-shooter appeared difficult at best as Israeli and Palestinian positions remained far apart.

52.   Chechen fighters returning from the front line, which runs along the banks of the river Argun to the south, said military positions remained unchanged.

53.   The task facing the US trouble-shooter appeared tough as Israeli and Palestinian positions remained far apart.

54.   Until then, the official Indian position remains unstated.

55.   Turkey meanwhile said its position remained unchanged after the Greek parliament ratified the Convention late Wednesday.

56.   Its official position remains that it has mastered the ability to produce nuclear weapons but has decided not to make them.

57.   Only three Israeli army positions remain in future Palestinian positions, chief of them the military headquarters.

58.   Some shots were fired during the night but the positions remained roughly the same and it was a waiting game.

59.   So far, Fujimori has refused, and official positions remain at loggerheads.

60.   The balance of payments position has remained comfortable though the export growth declined, it said.