1.   Burke made progress but knew he needed the financial backing and laboratory firepower of a pharmaceutical manufacturer in order to succeed.

2.   In Kansas, a reform bill was introduced this year but made little progress.

3.   The first round, in West Virginia, made little progress, and a scheduled second round was postponed.

4.   Police have arrested hundreds of suspects after similar raids in towns across France, but have made little progress finding those directly responsible for the terrorist acts.

5.   Albright tried to convince the Russians that they have nothing to fear from NATO enlargement, but made little progress.

6.   Both Christopher and Qian stressed they had made progress in finding common ground.

7.   Brittan and Yosano said the made progress toward securing common positions ahead of the new round of world trade talks planned to start next year.

8.   Haiti says the investigators have since made progress in the Bertin slaying.

9.   The government ordered an inquiry in July into the mass graves issue in the Tamil heartland of Jaffna, but the probe has since made little progress.

10.   They were joined by five other regional leaders but made little progress.