91.   Iraq must resolve the issue of the Kuwaiti prisoners of war before the United Nations considers lifting sanctions on Baghdad, a senior Russian official said here Wednesday.

92.   Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Monday concluded his three-day visit to Pakistan amid reports that Baghdad may accept UN conditions for lifting sanctions.

93.   But the United States has stalled debate in the UN Security Council on lifting sanctions and asked for guarantees that control at the border is failsafe.

94.   For now, the security council was to limit its actions to lifting sanctions if the elections were deemed free and fair.

95.   The United States has expressed reservations, saying that lifting sanctions would take away the greatest means of exerting pressure on Belgrade.

96.   US, Russian and European diplomats are at odds over a timetable for lifting sanctions against Belgrade, diplomatic sources said Sunday.

97.   Washington and London have posed additional conditions for lifting sanctions.

98.   Izetbegovic implicitly spoke out against lifting sanctions on the Serbs called for by Belgrade.

99.   Kuwait insists a return of the prisoners be a precondition on lifting sanctions imposed on Iraq after the invasion.

100.   The foreign minister said the issue of international sanctions against the Yugoslav republic was raised during talks but that differences remained over conditions for lifting sanctions.