61.   As a follow-up move, the ruling party Wednesday proposed a meeting of key office holders to end the impasse.

62.   Both sides stormed out of talks last week after failing in three days of negotions to end the impasse.

63.   But Sharad Yadav, a leader of the centrist National Front, said it was up to Rao to come up with fresh initiatives to end the impasse.

64.   Daschle predicted ending the impasse on those and other priorities over the next few weeks will not be easy.

65.   Clinton headed into the White House talks sounding cautiously optimistic about progress made in ending the impasse.

66.   Drnovsek had told the parliament that they should approve his government in order to end the impasse.

67.   Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Mussa stepped in Tuesday to try to end the impasse but without any apparent results.

68.   It was the second Church call in three days for talks to end the impasse.

69.   Meanwhile Hindu nationalists, the other major force in parliament, ruled out an alliance with their traditional enemy, the Congress, to end the impasse.

70.   Negotiations to end the impasse were being held Thursday.