71.   Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who currently is in Karachi, held meetings Friday with provincial law enforcement agencies urging a quick end to the violence.

72.   Putin, meanwhile, met with Chinese President Jiang Zemin and the leaders urged a quick end to the fighting, said Russian spokesman Alexei Gromov.

73.   A few world leaders have called for a quick end to the conflict.

74.   A quick end to the joint U.S.-British air campaign in Afghanistan will help maintain the global will to fight terrorism, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday.

75.   Administration officials and congressional Democrats are hoping Republicans will join them in seeking a quick end to their disputes over spending and other issues.

76.   Annan has said repeatedly that his primary concern is to bring a quick end to the worst Palestinian-Israeli fighting in decades.

77.   Both governments have said they want a quick end to the crisis to prevent damage to already thorny relations.

78.   Both sides thought Clinton was the only one with the ability to force a quick end to the mess.

79.   But in a sign of unease, Russia sided with China and other nations seeking a quick end to U.S. attacks on Afghanistan.

80.   But it will be surprising if it brings a quick end to the fighting.