61.   Duma speaker Ivan Rybkin did not rule out parliamentary commissions sitting to eke out a compromise agreement.

62.   EU fisheries ministers reached a compromise agreement early Friday on allowable fishing catches and quota sharing in European Union waters next year, EU sources said.

63.   The source had no immediate details of his compromise agreement with Arafat.

64.   The United States had also threatened Japan with sanctions during talks on their auto trade dispute which ended in a last-minute compromise agreement in June.

65.   Three countries -- Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden -- voted against the compromise agreement.

66.   Nevertheless, diplomats here express cautious optimism that negotiators will succeed in reaching a compromise agreement in order to avoid a damaging trade war.

67.   Nevertheless, diplomats here have expressed cautious optimism that negotiators will succeed in reaching a compromise agreement in order to avoid a damaging trade war.

68.   Nevertheless, diplomats in Beijing have expressed cautious optimism that negotiators will succeed in reaching a compromise agreement in order to avoid a damaging trade war.

69.   On Tuesday Beijing and Washington had reached a compromise agreement on the issue, the US position having been that a simple majority should suffice to trigger an inspection.

70.   Panetta said the Clinton administration and the president were pleased with the compromise agreement.