71.   Diplomats said that during the three-hour meeting, Russian and Chinese officials pressed Butler to explain how he knows the requested documents actually exist.

72.   Duque said U.S. officials have pressed for tighter sanctions in talks at U.N. headquarters in New York.

73.   European officials are pressing the United States to commit to maintain a force after the June deadline.

74.   French and Palestinian officials on Wednesday pressed Israel to accept U.S. conditions for a troop pullback from the West Bank and pave the way for further peace talks.

75.   Health industry officials pressed for more flexibility before the rules were issued and saw another opportunity when Thompson took over HHS.

76.   In a series of meetings Wednesday, U.S. officials pressed Russia on the suspected transfer of missile technology to Iran and its nuclear cooperation with the Islamic state.

77.   In exchange, Western officials pressed Macedonian leaders to expand their efforts to reach a political solution.

78.   International officials were pressing Karadzic for a letter of resignation over the weekend, but nothing came of it despite verbal guarantees that Karadzic was on his way out.

79.   Intelligence officials press for NATO troop intervention.

80.   International officials had been pressing for a law to be passed as a major step toward weaning Bosnia from outside supervision and instituting effective self-government.