61.   They are expected to fix the sum at between two billion and three billion dollars, the daily said, quoting unnamed government sources.

62.   US congressmen and other major foreign figures have been asked to postpone earlier planned trips to Pyongyang, an unnamed government official told the South Korean Yonhap news agency.

63.   Yomiuri, quoting unnamed Japanese government sources, said the US government was expected to accept the proposal not to put a figure on the US military presence.

64.   Japan plans to invite French President Jacques Chirac to make a state visit in May next year, the Sankei Shimbun paper said Friday citing unnamed Japanese government sources.

65.   Jiji Press reported an unnamed government official said that framework talks on government procurement might be held for two days in Washington or Los Angeles.

66.   Jiji quoted several unnamed government and ruling party sources.

67.   On Friday, the Russian news agency Interfax quoted an unnamed government official as confirming Moscow wanted to protect its poultry industry.

68.   Several Russian citizens appear to be among the detainees held at the US military base in Guantanamo, Cuba, Interfax cited unnamed Russian government officials as saying Friday.

69.   Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar announced Friday that unnamed foreign governments had lifted an arms embargo on the Colombo government after Tamil rebels resumed their separatist war.

70.   The agency quoted an unnamed senior government official as saying that Hwang may be brought on a special flight to a military airport here on Sunday.