61.   Arafat renewed a pledge to fight militant violence during a landmark Arab-Israeli summit in Cairo last Thursday.

62.   At a meeting in the Canadian ski resort of Whistler, Group of Eight foreign ministers Wednesday praised Karzai and renewed their pledge not to desert his devastated country.

63.   Arab ministers also renewed a pledge not to use oil as a weapon to exert pressure on behalf of the Palestinians in their conflict with Israeel.

64.   Despite charges of Iranian meddling in Afghanistan, the Islamic republic on Thursday renewed its pledges of support for the Afghan interim government.

65.   The prime minister promised better use of tax revenues and renewed a pledge to carry out administrative and fiscal reforms.

66.   Oil-rich Gulf monarchies on Monday renewed a pledge to cooperate with the international community in the fight against terror.

67.   Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama renewed his pledge for early results of the probe.