61.   Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is to address the closing session of the education forum on Thursday.

62.   Rain, however, shattered their hopes of squaring the series, preventing play in the closing session on Friday and in the morning session on Saturday.

63.   The communique was not immediately available for distribution, however, as senior officials only completed revisions to the document just before the closing session.

64.   The groups were to present their conclusions at a closing session on Tuesday.

65.   The dollar was down against other major currencies in quiet early Wall Street trading Friday in the closing session of the year.