91.   Union officials and employer representatives held marathon talks until the early hours of Friday morning.

92.   Turkey and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash refuse to return to the talks until their breakaway state is recognized.

93.   U.S. officials said they were not involved in the negotiations and did not hear about the talks until this year.

94.   U.S. and German officials said they would not comment on the talks until Friday.

95.   With Indian general elections scheduled for next month, India and Pakistan are unlikely to hold meaningful talks until a new government takes over in New Delhi in October.

96.   While the concession should ease tensions, the Palestinians have said they will not resume peace talks until Israel stops work on the Jewish neighborhood.

97.   France signalled that it would continue to block the talks until the European Commission had completed a detailed study of its implications.

98.   He added there would be no more talks until a third round planned by the United Nations at the end of July in Islamabad.

99.   However many observers said that by leaving talks until next week, Berlusconi had left it too late to defuse the conflict.

100.   In Bethlehem, Palestinian negotiators said Monday they would freeze talks until food was delivered to the church and Israeli snipers held their fire.