61.  Leaving the presidential palace, Oleksy said the hour-long meeting brought no final result, but he indicated some progress was achieved.

62.  Rodionov, appointed last year to streamline the beleaguered Russian armed forces, has achieved little progress, saying the lack of money has made serious reforms impossible.

63.  Rice has acknowledged her nine-day trip achieved little progress.

64.  Sinn Fein and British civil servants started talking in December but achieved no progress on the IRA arms issue.

65.  Syria rejected Friday an Israeli request to upgrade the level of their tortuous peace talks, saying progress can be achieved at the present level.

66.  The British leader apparently hopes to achieve progress on side issues, such as the opening of a Palestinian sea port or a Gaza industrial park.

67.  The five-day conference, which ended Friday, also achieved significant progress in telephone services negotiations which collapsed last April.

68.  The issues of borders and the future of the Palestinian refugees also remain unsolved, although considerable progress has been achieved in those areas.

69.  The president said negotiations with China had achieved progress, and he and Powell said the crew members were being treated well by the Chinese.

70.  The petrochemical sector, although achieving rapid progress, is still able to produce a range of new products as well as encouraging other related services.