51.  Following the Palestinian Cabinet meeting late Saturday, Palestinian Planning Minister Nabil Shaath said the Palestinians had done their part in making the talks productive but achieved no progress.

52.  He apparently achieved no progress.

53.  He boasted that his administration had achieved progress fighting crime, cleaning up the environment, preserving land, reducing welfare rolls and expanding college opportunities.

54.  In Pretoria, el-Bashir and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni talked for five hours, but apparently achieved no progress in resolving border and security problems.

55.  In the economic field, Suharto said, Indonesia has achieved important progress.

56.  Israeli and Syrian ambassadors to Washington resumed meeting recently after an extended deadlock in peace talks, but the two sides have not achieved any progress in these discussions.

57.  Israeli and Palestinian leaders have warned recently that a failure to achieve progress in peace talks could lead to violence.

58.  Israel hinted Sunday that progress was achieved in Mideast peace talks and said a summit could be held soon, but Palestinians said there still gaps between their positions.

59.  Kazantsev refused to say precisely who was conducting the talks, where they were taking place or whether any progress had been achieved.

60.  Leaving the presidential palace, Oleksy said the hour-long meeting ended inconclusively, but he indicated some progress was achieved.