61.   Their comments appeared to advance what U.S. officials have been saying.

62.   Their comments appeared to be in line with what U.S. officials were saying.

63.   Those comments did not appear in the newspaper.

64.   Those comments appeared to have been thrown back in his face, the papers said.

65.   His comments appeared to confirm reports that Washington has asked Gulf Arab states to supply oil to Jordan under a plan to weaken Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

66.   His comments appeared to indicate that any final deal might be a less-formal non-aggression pact or cessation of hostilities accord.

67.   His comments Friday appeared to harden his earlier statements, when he had seemed favourable to an alliance with Welfare after exhausting other means.

68.   His comment appeared to be aimed at appeasing Bosnian objections over the map among others issues, as Izetbegovic indicated Monday.

69.   His comments appeared aimed at the United States and US lawmakers seeking to reduce funding for certain UN activities.

70.   His comments appeared to contradict a military statement issued earlier that said troops were on their way from the western border with Afghanistan to the eastern one with India.