61.  Visiting IMF officials said they expected little from the current round of talks.

62.  Visiting official praises Hong Kong police.

63.  French President Jacques Chirac will visit Indonesia in the first half of next year, a visiting French official said Wednesday.

64.  His comments came amid reports that visiting Taiwanese officials were holding talks in Washington with their US counterparts on the purchase of military aircraft and submarines.

65.  A child observed the scene, his dying countrymen, the visiting officials from the United Nations and other relief agencies, and journalists.

66.  Algerian President Liamine Zeroual told visiting PLO top official Farouk Kaddoumi he was in favour of another Arab summit, Algerian television reported Wednesday.

67.  Armenia is prepared to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey, a visiting senior Armenian official said Thursday.

68.  Britain will assess the evolving Afghan situation before deciding to open contact with the new government in Kabul, a visiting senior British official said here Thursday.

69.  Burns said Albright steered clear of advising the visiting officials on how the EU should expand its boundaries.

70.  China hopes that the social situation in Russia will remain stable, a top-ranking Chinese leader was quoted Wednesday as telling a visiting Russian official.