61.   Nigeria, a country filled with ethnic tension, crime and corruption, came to a temporary halt.

62.   NATO declared a temporary halt to its aerial pounding of Bosnian Serbs on Thursday to encourage the rebels to remove heavy weapons around Sarajevo and boost chances for peace.

63.   NATO on Friday called a temporary halt to bombing raids after battering the Bosnian Serb heartland for three days.

64.   Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakstan agreed to the temporary halt at a meeting in Paris of the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES.

65.   Russell said the withdrawal means a temporary halt to programs to remove land mines, repair war-devastated irrigation systems and rebuild houses.

66.   Samphan said Siam Yamaha will resume full operations early in the new year after a temporary halt in production since October.

67.   Selling overloaded the computer system and forced a temporary halt in Bre-X trading.

68.   Shares prices received a moderate boost from a temporary halt in futures selling by life insurers and other institutional investors, traders said.

69.   Some industry-watchers said they were pleased with the temporary halt, but called it insufficient.

70.   The accord prompted NATO to announce a temporary halt in its bombardment of Bosnian Serb military installations.