71.   Chen said there was general consensus that the talks should focus on the easy issues first before moving to more difficult ones.

72.   Chen said Monday there was a consensus that the talks should focus on the easy issues first, before moving to more difficult ones.

73.   Chen said there was a consensus that the talks should focus on the easy issues first, before moving to more difficult ones.

74.   Chinese spokesman Tang said China wants revived talks to focus on political issues leading to reunification.

75.   Chernyshev said the talks would focus on extending a shaky truce that began last September.

76.   Coalition talks focused on narrowing differences between the two sides on fiscal policy and managing the budget deficit.

77.   Coalition talks this week focused on narrowing differences between the two sides on fiscal policy.

78.   Dennis Ross said peace talks focused on Hebron, the last Palestinian city under Israeli control, for more than three hours Tuesday.

79.   Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa met with al-Sharaa on Tuesday, saying their talks focused on relations between the two nations and the Mideast peace process.

80.   Dutch officials said the talks would focus on EU reform negotiations that have made little progress after almost one year.