61.   Arafat presided over an emergency meeting of the Palestinian legislative council in the self-rule city of Bethlehem on Thursday and offered to meet Netanyahu to try to calm tensions.

62.   Arafat presided over an emergency meeting of the Palestinian legislative council in the self-rule town of Bethlehem on Thursday and offered to meet Netanyahu to try to calm tensions.

63.   But China made it clear it was unwilling to use its influence with Pyonyang to calm simmering tensions.

64.   China made it clear Tuesday that it was unwilling to use its influence with Pyongyang to calm simmering tensions in the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea.

65.   The retired US Marine Corps general is expected to arrive later Thursday in Israel on a peace mission aiming to calm tensions and halt escalating violence in the region.

66.   Tirana has presented the Italians with a long list of equipment needed to assist in efforts to calm tensions and bring the situation back under control.

67.   Ironically, he had flown to the city to try to calm tensions.

68.   Japan had wanted to send Kono to Seoul early next month to calm the tension.

69.   Rocca, who was to meet later Tuesday with Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh, is expected to urge New Delhi to calm tensions with Pakistan.

70.   The amnesty was the only way to calm tensions in the south, Tanayev said.