71.   Negotiators at U.N. headquarters in New York had hoped to finalize an agreement at talks this week.

72.   No financial details of the transaction were released and VNU did not say when the agreement will be finalized.

73.   On Tuesday, negotiators from the two countries were finalizing an agreement on sales of hundreds of Russian tanks and dozens of fighter jets to India.

74.   One senior U.S. official cautioned that no agreement had been finalized as yet.

75.   Romney said the agreements will be finalized when the IOC executive board meets in Seoul, South Korea, next month.

76.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to finalize an agreement with the ultra-nationalist Moledet party on Tuesday night to join the government, Israel Radio said.

77.   Prime Minister Zeid Bin Shaker headed for Yemen Saturday to finalize an agreement on trade and economic cooperation.

78.   Racing against the clock, Israel and the Palestinians worked Sunday to finalize an agreement on a troop withdrawal from Hebron amid threats of new violence.

79.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin met with Camdessus on Thursday to sort out the remaining differences and finalize the agreement.

80.   Serb officials told The Associated Press that they had finalized an agreement with Bosnian Croats for both sides to exchange all of each others prisoners of war on Friday.