71.   Egypt, a key Middle Eastern player, has initiated a flurry of diplomatic activity over the issue, which has angered the right-wing government in Israel.

72.   For now it seems that Washington over the next months will prepare militarily while intensifying diplomatic activities to isolate Saddam Hussein.

73.   Geneva was a flurry of diplomatic activity Tuesday.

74.   However, despite the flurry of diplomatic activity, U.S. officials have voiced little optimism that their efforts will succeed in moving the stalled negotiations ahead.

75.   In a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at ending the conflict, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin prepared to head back to Belgrade on Thursday.

76.   If such internal reports are not treated with the necessary confidentiality, the whole diplomatic activity would be compromised, he said.

77.   In between all the diplomatic activity, Bush tends to election politics Wednesday at a Washington fund-raising dinner for the Republican House and Senate campaign committees.

78.   In recent weeks, Iraq has stepped up its diplomatic activities and visits abroad.

79.   In further diplomatic activity Monday, Israeli Cabinet Secretary Danny Naveh met with the chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, at the home of U.S. Ambassador Edward Walker.

80.   Israel argues that under the Israel-PLO accord, PLO diplomatic activity must be restricted to Gaza and Jericho autonomous areas.