21.   Talks Friday between Ross and Netanyahu also failed to yield progress.

22.   The IMF has agreed to give Thai authorities more flexibility to manage monetary policy now that the support programme for Thailand has yielded significant progress.

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

24.   The talks, in their third year, have yielded little progress.

25.   There was no immediate word on whether the talks yielded any progress.

26.   These separate technical level talks will take place alongside the broader auto talks but are not expected to yield much progress.

27.   Upon arrival, he admitted that his latest round of shuttle diplomacy had yielded no progress.

28.   U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley toured an environmental testing lab Tuesday before starting low key talks expected to yield little progress on key trade issues.

29.   Upon arrival, he conceded that his latest round of shuttle diplomacy had yielded no progress.

30.   While Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinians have signed peace accords with Israel, the on-and-off negotiations with Lebanon and Syria have yielded little progress.