61.   It gave the brokerage another six weeks to finalize the agreement.

62.   It had been believed an agreement would be finalized Thursday, but Stanikzai said meetings began late and the final details are being hammered out.

63.   Israeli and Palestinian officials said Thursday they expect an agreement could be finalized next week, after the return of U.S. envoy Dennis Ross.

64.   Mahmoud Zahhar, another Hamas leader in Gaza, said a meeting to finalize the agreement might take place later this month in Cairo.

65.   Ministry spokesman Roland Darroll told the South African Press Association that a government official had flown to the Iranian capital and finalized the agreement Wednesday.

66.   Morrison Construction Group also finalized an agreement for the development of a Hilton Hotel and an office complex in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku.

67.   Negotiators are trying to finalize the agreement by Saturday.

68.   NATO sources said a major sticking point on finalizing the agreement was the issue of how quickly Serb forces could leave the province.

69.   Negotiators had said they hoped to finalize an agreement on ending the seven-month war in secessionist Chechnya on Sunday.

70.   Negotiators are now trying to finalize an agreement for Israeli withdrawal from West Bank towns.