71.   Yushenkov said the talks would last a day or two.

72.   McCurry said Russian arms sales to the United States were not discussed during summit talks here last week between President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

73.   Neither were able to say how long the talks would last.

74.   Officials did not say how long the talks would last.

75.   Officials in both delegations said the talks could last into the early hours of the morning, even beyond the midnight deadline.

76.   OSCE officials said they did not yet know how long the talks would last.

77.   Sills said the talks lasted all day Tuesday and would resme Wednesday.

78.   The bilateral talks could last for several months, the officials said.

79.   The fact talks lasted most of the day was seen as optimistic.

80.   The Minister of Nationalities Viacheslav Mikhailov said the talks would last at least two days, Interfax news agency reported.