1. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov expressed open disappointment that NATO had refused his proposal to halt the bombing to allow peace talks with Belgrade. 2. Sinn Fein, the political organization, that Adams heads, entered the sluggish Northern Ireland peace talks after the IRA announced a cease-fire last July. 3. Police in both parts of Ireland on Thursday sought to shut down the maverick gangs conspiring to shatter paramilitary truces that make the Belfast peace talks possible. 4. Peace talks between the government and the rebels, mediated by a Roman Catholic bishop, repeatedly deadlocked and broke off in mid-October. 5. Peace talks to begin between Hutu rebels and Tutsi army. 6. Preparatory peace talks to begin on Friday. 7. Peace talks to open under the threat of NATO guns. 8. Peace talks to resume Tuesday. 9. Both Dole and Albright have expressed irritation that the KLA has not signed the plan, which is to be discussed at peace talks in Paris starting Monday. 10. But since abortive peace talks in Geneva Thursday, the United Nations has been completely sidelined by the Croatian offensive. |