61.   German Chancellor Helmut Kohl announced Wednesday that he was inviting six former Soviet bloc states to attend an upcoming European Union summit.

62.   A Lebanese envoy arrived in Baghdad on Monday carrying an invitation to President Saddam Hussein for the upcoming Arab summit in Beirut, the official INA news agency reported.

63.   An upcoming economic summit in Amman will launch a development bank for the Middle East and North Africa despite European opposition, Israeli and US officials said Thursday.

64.   An upcoming European summit as well as meetings of the Bundesbank and the US Federal Reserve could, however, have an effect on the dollar, Farrell added.

65.   An official Saudi newspaper on Monday urged Arab leaders at the upcoming Cairo summit to bolster ties with Russia and prevent it from tilting toward Israel.

66.   Bahrain on Tuesday confirmed that it will boycott the upcoming Gulf Arab summit in Doha because of a territorial dispute with Qatar.

67.   But the other participants at the upcoming summit have different views on dealing with Tehran.

68.   Clinton also said he hoped the upcoming summit would contribute to security in Europe.

69.   Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Saturday Arab nations hope to end the differences between them at their upcoming summit in Cairo.

70.   Earlier Wednesday, the Arab League slammed Turkey for warning an upcoming Arab summit not to make any pronouncements hostile to Ankara in its disputes with Syria.