71.   PLO chief Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met Wednesday to try to break the impasse over when to withdraw Israeli troops from the West Bank.

72.   PLO chief Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres on Wednesday agreed to hold secret, top-level talks to break the impasse over West Bank troop withdrawal.

73.   A review would encourage them to compromise and break the impasse, which has blocked hundreds of millions of dollars in much-needed foreign aid.

74.   A meeting between Russian and International Tennis Federation officials has failed to break the impasse over where the Russia-Germany Davis Cup semifinal will be staged.

75.   A review was expected to encourage them to compromise and break the impasse, which has blocked hundreds of millions of dollars in much-needed foreign aid.

76.   Across the Arab world, sentiments are running high for a more active European diplomacy to break the impasse.

77.   Adams, president of Sinn Fein, told reporters after the meeting he is encouraged that the United States will press for all sides to break the impasse.

78.   Agent Jim Steiner met with Bengals officials for three days, trying to break the impasse less than three weeks before the season opener.

79.   Albright-Arafat meeting fails to break impasse.

80.   Ahmed Qureia, speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, spoke after Egypt tried to wield its influence to break the impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.