61.   White House officials welcomed the House decision.

62.   Palestinian and Israeli officials have welcomed aspects of the resolution.

63.   Palestinian officials welcomed the visit, but said any European moves would have to work in tandem with U.S. initiatives.

64.   A CERN statement said that U.S. and Japanese officials welcomed the decision.

65.   A top Puerto Rican official is welcoming an international investigation of alleged intimidation of a local newspaper.

66.   A top Saudi Arabian official welcomed upcoming oil-for-food talks with Iraq but urged U.N. diplomats Thursday not to make concessions to Baghdad.

67.   Aid officials welcomed the rare stretch of sunny skies.

68.   Alliance officials have warmly welcomed signs that Russia wants to back the fine words of all the post-cold war agreements into practical military cooperation.

69.   Although details of the latest concessions from Boeing were not made public, European officials welcomed them as offering a possible way out of the conflict.

70.   An Italian official on Monday welcomed the decision by the Marine navigator to plead guilty to obstruction and conspiracy charges in the cable car tragedy.