11.   So far, the meetings have yielded little sign of progress.

12.   The historic meeting yielded few specific results.

13.   The meeting yielded deals to cut energy costs and create jobs and was seen as a boost for Kuchma.

14.   The meeting yielded no breakthrough.

15.   The meeting did not yield progress, with the two sides disagreeing about security arrangements for the route.

16.   The Rome meeting also reportedly yielded agreement on new rules about arresting war criminals.

17.   The United States had high hopes that the meeting might yield a process for the two Koreas to began talking about reunification.

18.   Three previous meetings have yielded little.

19.   A senior State Department official said the Moscow meeting will not yield progress on the outstanding issues.

20.   But the second meeting yielded agreement on the Bundestag vote on the budget, Bohl said.