81.   A senior U.S. diplomat in Jerusalem and officials in the Israeli foreign and justice ministries said they had not heard of Abu Marzuk dropping his opposition to extradition.

82.   Abed Rabbo said Israel had dropped its opposition to the Palestinian state Yasser Arafat hopes to declare by September.

83.   Alliance ambassadors also sought at a meeting in Brussels on Friday to pressure Russia into dropping its opposition to airstrikes.

84.   Alliance ambassadors failed at a meeting in Brussels on Friday to pressure Russia into dropping its opposition to airstrikes.

85.   Alliance ambassadors failed at a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday to pressure Russia into dropping its opposition to airstrikes.

86.   AIPAC drops opposition to a Palestinian state.

87.   Alliance ambassadors also sought at a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday to pressure Russia into dropping its opposition to airstrikes.

88.   An alliance with Labor, which recently dropped its opposition to a Palestinian state, might ease Arab and international concerns about the future of Mideast peacemaking.

89.   Annan, head of U.N. peacekeeping and a veteran U.N. insider, was chosen after France dropped its opposition.

90.   Beilin noted that Labor dropped its opposition to a Palestinian state from its party platform only last year.