61.   Other Latin American countries have said they intend to follow the path of Chile and Bolivia and sign trade agreements with Mercosur, he noted.

62.   Other countries said they still hoped to eventually win over the Americans.

63.   Other countries say it is essential for the United States to remain part of the deal if it is to have any meaning.

64.   Other countries say it is essential the United States remain part of the deal.

65.   Other European countries have said they hope the United States can be swayed to support the entry of Romania and Slovenia.

66.   Poor countries said they have no legal framework to handle such issues.

67.   A junior high school in western Japan plans to use a controversial history textbook that many Asian countries say whitewashes wartime atrocities, a report said Saturday.

68.   A third proposed treaty that would have extended copyright protection to databases on the Internet was set aside after many countries said they were not ready to address it.

69.   About two dozen countries said they would lodge objections in some form to that part of the platform.

70.   According to Siazon, other countries said the forum should not be used to denounce participants.