61.   Government officials here have yet to confirm a successful conclusion to the rice talks, which started Saturday between officials of the North and South in Beijing.

62.   He is still hopeful that he can steer the member states to a successful conclusion on reform in the next few months.

63.   He said East Timor had worked very hard with Phillips to achieve a successful conclusion on various outstanding issues.

64.   It gave all parties a face-saving get-out clause with events coming to a successful conclusion Friday when the militants arrived safely on the island.

65.   And I especially want to thank Ambassador Mickey Kantor and his extraordinary team for the exhaustive efforts they have made to reach this successful conclusion.

66.   But negotiations were allowed to continue to come to a successful conclusion.

67.   Chinese President Jiang Zemin launched a fierce campaign against rampant graft last year and warned the future of the Communist Party depended on its successful conclusion.

68.   Fighting went on for about three hours, well after Russian authorities in Chechnya announced a successful conclusion to the operation.

69.   The talks have been reported on the verge of a successful conclusion on several occasions.

70.   Leaders of Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday announced a successful conclusion to talks on the delimitation of their maritime boundary, a joint communique released here said.