71.   The president said negotiations with China had achieved progress, and he and Secretary of State Colin Powell said the crew members were being treated well by the Chinese.

72.   The Prime Minister said Muslims could only achieve progress if they were equipped with skills in science and technology.

73.   They said progress could be achieved on other fronts, as the IRA demanded, if the IRA moved too.

74.   Though some progress had been achieved in the peace process, he wrote, progress was proceeding slower than expected.

75.   Turning to the region, he said much progress has been achieved by all the worst affected countries, namely South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand.

76.   U.S. officials say numerical targets are the best way to measure and therefore achieve progress in opening markets.

77.   While no real progress was achieved this week, both sides reported the two days of meetings went well.

78.   Gasanov said there was a good chance that progress would be achieved on the issue of Azerbaijani prisoners-of-war held by Armenia.

79.   He also underlined the need to achieve progress in Israeli-Syrian and Israeli-Lebanese peace talks.

80.   He hoped greater progress would be achieved at the next meeting, the official news agency said.