71.   Colonna said the meeting took place at the initiative of Netanyahu, who wants France to press the Palestinians to conclude talks on the West Bank city of Hebron.

72.   European diplomats expect the talks to be concluded in time for the agreement to be signed at the European summit in June.

73.   The two sides had been due to conclude the talks at the end of Wednesday.

74.   The talks were concluded earlier this year.

75.   The two Koreas are expected to conclude rice talks in Beijing as early as Tuesday.

76.   US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Jeffrey Garten has said the US side wants to conclude the talks by the end of March.

77.   US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Jeffrey Garten said after that meeting that the US side wanted to conclude the talks by the end of March.

78.   US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Jeffrey Garten said in Washington the US side wanted to conclude the talks by the end of March.

79.   Israelis and Palestinians blamed each other Monday for the failure to conclude the talks.

80.   Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama and senior cabinet ministers were meanwhile reported to have agreed on Thursday to do their best to conclude the talks on government procurement.