71.   US President Bill Clinton voiced guarded optimism Tuesday on reviving the Mideast peace process, but asserted it required action from both Israel and the Palestinians.

72.   Iraq on Saturday voiced optimism that oil-for-food talks with the United Nations due to resume next week were heading for success.

73.   Lord voiced optimism that North Korea would decide after the briefing to participate in the four-party talks, proposed by the United States and South Korea last April.

74.   NATO Secretary General Javier Solana voiced optimism Friday about the chances for NATO and Russia to strike a deal on bilateral relations by July.

75.   Netanyahu on Monday voiced unusual optimism about the possibility for renewing the negotiations with Syria.

76.   Palestinian President Yasser Arafat voiced optimism on Monday after the opening of non-stop peace negotiations with Israel and said he was hoping for rapid progress.

77.   On the Israeli side Housing Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer voiced optimism.

78.   Peres, too, had voiced optimism.

79.   Rebel spokesman Movladi Udugov voiced optimism on the sovereignty issue, saying both sides were close to a compromise.

80.   Russian sources close to the talks, which opened on Tuesday, also voiced optimism.