101. Western diplomats in Seoul are also less than certain that the new talks can achieve progress. 102. Japan will impose a total ban on trade with North Korea if no progress is achieved in the Korean nuclear dispute, newspaper reports said Sunday. 103. It has threatened to act unilaterally in October if no progress has been achieved by then. 104. Little concrete progress has been achieved despite some gestures and occasionally optimistic statements from Israeli ministers. 105. On Wednesday US Secretary of State Warren Christopher said no progress had been achieved during this latest round of talks but cautioned an eleventh hour breakthough was still possible. 106. On Wednesday US Secretary of State Warren Christopher admitted no progress had been achieved during this latest round of talks but cautioned an eleventh hour breakthough was still possible. 107. Pakistan is known to have achieved significant progress in nuclear research and development over the past two decades. 108. Pakistani President Farooq Ahmed Leghari on Sunday opened an international Islamic conference on science, calling for the Moslem world to pool its resources to achieve technological progress. 109. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has said Israel was trying to introduce fundamental changes to the internationally recognized Oslo agreements and that no progress had been achieved in the talks. 110. Ruckauf said Argentina has achieved some progress in increasing exports such as beef and textiles to European Union countries. |