71.   The pledge to move the guns came after marathon talks with Holbrooke, who is leading international peace efforts in Bosnia and two weeks of NATO bombing.

72.   The two sides have been holding marathon talks in Washington since Thursday trying to agree on ground rules for resuming trade negotiations which collapsed in February.

73.   The UN envoy chaired marathon talks in Bonn earlier this month between Afghan leaders, during which the power-sharing deal was hammered out.

74.   Unions and management at the La Scala opera house struck a deal Friday after marathon talks to head off a threatened strike on opening night, next Thursday.

75.   US and Japanese officials at the marathon talks in Washington said an announcement would be made on Tuesday.

76.   With little advance warning, the two sides cleared the last obstacles to peace in marathon talks Sunday and initialled the treaty on Monday.

77.   It ended marathon talks between US negotiators led by Trade Representative Mickey Kantor and their Japanese counterparts led by Foreign Minister Yohei Kono and Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.

78.   Israelis and Palestinians have been negotiating a Hebron accord for three months and the attack came amid marathon talks on finalizing the accord.

79.   Kamerhe was about to return to the marathon talks in Sun City, South Africa, which were to resume Monday after breaking for Easter.

80.   Meanwhile, the bleary-eyed journalists covering the marathon talks kept weary vigil.