71.   Ali Mahdi welcomed an announcement earlier this week by U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali that the U.N. liaison office for Somalia would remain open in Nairobi.

72.   An army bulldozer cleared a patch of land south of Jenin where an Israel-PLO liaison office is to be built after a pullout.

73.   Also Monday, Beilin and his Palestinian counterpart, Freih Abu Medein, signed an agreement to set up a liaison office to address legal grievances from both sides.

74.   Also Monday, North Korea sent a formal copy of its proposal through its liaison office at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korean officials said.

75.   Also Monday, North Korea sent a formal copy of its proposal through its liaison office at the border village of Panmunjom.

76.   Also Thursday, an explosive device went of in an Israeli-Palestinian liaison office near the Jewish settlement of Newe Dekalim in Gaza.

77.   As a prelude to fully staffed embassies, the diplomats would operate out of so-called liaison offices.

78.   As a first step toward normalizing relations, the United States and North Korea have agreed to exchange liaison offices.

79.   Before the fighting began two months ago, the liaison offices were a symbol of cooperation, albeit limited, between Israelis and Palestinians.

80.   Bosnia and rival Yugoslavia agreed Wednesday to open liaison offices in their respective capitals, an encouraging sign that they are serious about peace.