61.   Japanese officials argue that a new pact is not necessary because the Japanese auto market has become much more open, especially to foreign investment.

62.   Mexican officials say the new pact will stabilize the economy and limit the inevitable surge in inflation.

63.   Negotiations over a new pact stalled before Thanksgiving, and if no new deal is reached, he would become a free agent at the end of the season.

64.   Neither side would reveal financial terms of the new pact.

65.   Negotiations on a new maritime pact are expected in a few weeks, he added.

66.   Officials announcing the new pact were careful not to name any particular country as a potential threat.

67.   One key issue remains how Serb military commanders inside Bosnia react to the new pact, U.S. officials said.

68.   Pensions are also improved under the new pact.

69.   Russia has warned NATO against incorporating any former Soviet republics, threatening to scrap the new pact if countries like Lithuania are invited in.

70.   Shells rip into Goma, jeopardizing a new pact between rebels and the United Nations to deliver aid to hundreds of thousands of refugees.