111.   Russian President Vladimir Putin is offering assurances to a concerned Bush administration that only defensive weapons will be sold to Iran.

112.   Several times he refused to offer explicit assurances that a military attack would not be launched.

113.   Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov offered assurances, meanwhile, that Yeltsin was healthy.

114.   Seeing a foreigner, he quickly offered assurance.

115.   She said Clinton said he would consider attending the ceremony but offered no assurances.

116.   State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns said he could not offer assurances Arafat and Netanyahu would meet face to face.

117.   The Algerian government, bent on economic reforms and attracting foreign investment, offers frequent assurances the violence is winding down, declining foreign help.

118.   Suharto offered further assurances Wednesday to U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen.

119.   Swire said the Libyans offered no assurances that they will soon surrender the suspects.

120.   The Irish Republican Army said Thursday that it still hopes for all-party peace talks in Northern Ireland but offered no assurances that it would not attack again.