61.   In return, the United States agreed to resume high-level negotiations with the North Koreans without other conditions.

62.   In his opening speech on Tuesday, Prime Minister Zhu Rongji repeated an offer to resume negotiations between China and Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a rogue province.

63.   Indeed, the senior Palestinian negotiator, Saab Erekat, said he hoped to resume negotiations with his Israeli counterpart as early as Sunday.

64.   Iraq and the U.N. resume negotiations on the proposal on Monday in New York.

65.   Israel and Syria will resume peace negotiations shortly with their ambassadors to Washington holding talks that will also include military officers, Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher says.

66.   Israelis know well that there are many capable and forward-looking Palestinians eager to resume serious negotiations.

67.   It might also pave the way for Clinton administration and congressional Republicans to resume negotiations on a plan to balance the federal budget in the next seven years.

68.   Kantor said Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky would visit China the first week of April to resume negotiations over the piracy question.

69.   Just a week ago there seemed a good chance that Israel and Syria might soon resume negotiations and move rapidly toward a formal peace treaty.

70.   Last week, union officials and the state said they agreed to resume negotiations after the start of the military campaign in Afghanistan.