61.   The U.S. envoy has not commented on his talks since Friday, when he said he expected a cease-fire could be reached within days.

62.   He said, however, that a decision has to be reached within a week, before the Wallaby squad is be announced.

63.   However another diplomat said that if the CFE problem were resolved an agreement could be reached within days.

64.   International Monetary Fund managing director Horst Koehler said Wednesday that he expects an IMF loan agreement with ArgepvAja to be reached within a month.

65.   A commission official estimated that this gap was likely to appear if no agreement was reached within six months.

66.   A final Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement could be reached within three years, US President George W. Bush said Monday.

67.   A State Department source said discussions also were underway with Peru on reconnaissance operations and that an agreement with Lima could be reached within two weeks.

68.   Broad agreement seems to have been reached within the new coaltion on a number of policy issues.

69.   But it would be an illusion to think that significant progress could be reached within months, Tabajdi added.

70.   The unions, for their part, are threatening to strike if an agreement is not reached within a matter of days.