61.   Bush welcomed Sharon to the Oval Office, expressing hope that the increasingly fragile cease-fire would hold and that Israel would take the next step toward restarting peace negotiations.

62.   But Taiwan wants to restart negotiations on practical, less contentious matters before moving gradually to sensitive political issues.

63.   But she added the union would consider returning to work if a special arbitrator is appointed to restart negotiations.

64.   But Taiwan may benefit if the United States encourages Beijing to restart negotiations with Taipei, Yang said.

65.   Chirac, who led a European Union delegation in a summit with Chinese leaders, suggested that Prime Minister Zhu Rongji was making personal efforts to restart negotiations.

66.   Ciller appealed to the Greek and Greek Cypriot governments to reach a peaceful solution and asked for U.N. help to restart stalled negotiations.

67.   China wants to move straight into talks on political issues, but Taiwan wants to restart negotiations on less contentious matters.

68.   Christopher is to leave on Monday for Damascus, the Syrian capital, for talks with President Hafez Assad on restarting peace negotiations.

69.   Diplomats said there would be no new attempts in the immediate future to restart peace negotiations in either Croatia or neighboring Bosnia given the military situation.

70.   Diplomats said there would be no immediate attempts to restart peace negotiations in either Croatia or neighboring Bosnia given the military situation.