61.   A peace pact initiated last year by various religious leaders had held until the latest upsurge of violence.

62.   A unity government took office Saturday in Guinea-Bissau, bolstering a fragile peace pact which ended months of civil war in the West African nation.

63.   A peace pact threatens to turn southerners against each other and should be renegotiated, a rebel leader who did not sign it said Wednesday.

64.   A peace pact was supposed to clear the way for elections this year.

65.   A top Russian commander expressed skepticism about the peace pact.

66.   A unity government took office Saturday in Guinea-Bissau, bolstering a fragile peace pact that had ended months of civil war in the West African nation.

67.   A year later, Rabin and Peres would shake the hand of their old foe, Arafat, in Washington after signing the peace pact.

68.   Although negotiators concede that a full peace pact is still a long way off, both sides called the agreement a major breakthrough.

69.   Although most Filipinos welcomed the peace pact with the Moro National Liberation Front, some Christians in the south fear the rebels have gained too much power.

70.   Although negotiators concede that a full peace pact is still a long way off, both sides say the sweeping agreement on human rights is a major concession.