31.   Virtually no one in Northern Ireland thinks that the talks will produce a united Ireland.

32.   While no public deadline has been set for a settlement, officials signaled that the Dayton talks would produce peace or collapse by Monday.

33.   White House aides said Thursday the talks could produce a breakthrough in the partisan impasse over how to balance the federal budget.

34.   Palestinian officials have raised the possibility of shifting negotiations to Washington if talks in the region do not produce an accord.

35.   Planning Minister Nabil Shaath said the Palestinians want the talks to produce a plan to implement international proposals on ending violence and restarting peace negotiations.

36.   Peace talks have not produced results, partly because of the still unsolved refugee problem.

37.   Palestinians say preliminary talks produced a plan for a cease-fire, and the Peres-Arafat meeting would put it into effect.

38.   A Jordanian official said Tarawneh and Bondevik discussed more Norwegian investments in Jordan, but it was not immediately clear if the talks produced any new agreements.

39.   A Yugoslav statement issued at the end of the talks indicated the talks produced no breakthroughs in resolving the Kosovo crisis and ending NATO bombings in the country.

40.   Albright said the Paris talks produced progress toward restoration of order.