61.   The British and Irish prime ministers have insisted that he do so, however, before they will speak with him again.

62.   The country had been without a government since just before Christmas, when the Socialist prime minister, Zhan Videnov resigned.

63.   The former prime minister has been embroiled in several criminal cases after the defeat of his party in general elections in May.

64.   The last-minute agreement allows both Washington and Tokyo to avoid a repeat of the embarrassment that surrounded the last visit of a Japanese prime minister to Washington.

65.   The president of Romania and the prime ministers of Spain and Italy have been here in recent days, and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt is expected soon.

66.   The proposal was made by Mary Harney, the Irish deputy prime minister.

67.   The problem is that the head of the Taiwan committee, Hsu Li-teh, is also deputy prime minister.

68.   The other Yugoslav official seeking a compromise over Kosovo is the more liberal deputy prime minister, Vuk Draskovic, the former leader of protests against Milosevic.

69.   The Russian prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, expressed new hope Monday for a settlement.

70.   The prime minister of Israel was ticking off the problems most important to the country at the moment.