61.  Israeli and Palestinian negotiators pursued intensive efforts Tuesday to arrange a first meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat, a senior Israeli official said.

62.  Israeli, Palestinian and Arab sources said intensive diplomatic efforts involving Egypt, the United States and European governments were underway to defuse the crisis.

63.  Intensive diplomatic efforts to bring about a peaceful settlement were continuing Tuesday.

64.  Intensive efforts by the United States and Japan to resolve their bilateral trade dispute continued here Friday, overshadowing the multilateral trade meeting that brought them to Los Angeles.

65.  Israeli and Palestinian negotiators pursued intensive efforts Monday to arrange a first meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat, a senior Israeli official said.

66.  Israel pressed ahead with the project after intensive efforts Monday involving Jordan, Egypt and the United States to bring Netanyahu and Arafat together to defuse the crisis.

67.  A weekend of intensive diplomatic efforts to persuade Bosnian Croat hardliners to accept recent election results and join a unified city administration came to nothing.

68.  An intensive diplomatic effort spearheaded by the US was launched to pull the nuclear-capable rivals back from the brink of war.

69.  With intensive effort by all of us, agreement could be reached within three years from now.

70.  Meanwhile, Assad telephoned Lebanese President Elias Hrawi on Saturday to keep him up to date on the intensive diplomatic efforts underway in Damascus.