71.   IOC director general Francois Carrard said both sides simply restated their positions during the meeting.

72.   Military officials said the army would rotate troops and consolidate positions during the next few days.

73.   Mutawakil accused the opposition of attacking Taliban positions during two days of peace talks last week in neighboring Uzbekistan that failed to yield a cease-fire agreement.

74.   Officials said the two countries simply restated their positions during the three-day talks in Tokyo, with the next round tentatively set for November in Washington.

75.   Opposition leaders accused President Alexander Lukashenko of preventing them from presenting their positions during the campaign.

76.   Opposition forces said Taliban jet fighters dropped several bombs on their positions during the last two days.

77.   Shurzum, of Circassian origin, held several military and security positions during the last decade.

78.   The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association and airline negotiators outlined their bargaining positions during the four-day closed hearing in Philadelphia.

79.   The army will rotate troops and consolidate positions during the next few days, the officials said.

80.   The Bosnian Serb army headquarters claimed NATO had bombed Serb positions during the day.