71.   In a preliminary hearing Sunday, the Supreme Court gave the government three months to explain its position.

72.   Instead, they asked for a meeting with EU officials at their Brussels headquarters on Thursday to explain their position.

73.   It later issued a statement explaining its position on the budget.

74.   Kobayashi said he will meet with the environmentalists to explain his position and try to head off possible protests during the games.

75.   Negotiators on both sides spent three hours explaining their positions on the issue, one of the thorniest in the deep divide separating the old enemies.

76.   Representatives of the six Indonesian companies were summoned by a senior official of the state of East Kalimantan recently to explain their position, Antara said.

77.   Saifullah said the shura had sent the Afghan government a letter explaining their position and appealing that the appointment be rescinded.

78.   Ramsay, the US embassy said, hopes to meet Wisma Putra officials to explain the position of Washington on the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act.

79.   Taiwan is sending a delegation to Washington to explain its position.

80.   Takac said he had contacted IOC vice president Dick Pound and director general Francois Carrard to explain his position.