11.   Adam, who lives in England and left his job to attend the talks, said he was worried about the emphasis on tribe.

12.   After all, it took more than a year and a host of high- and low-level meetings to persuade the North simply to agree to attend talks.

13.   Executives from Credit Suisse, Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corp. who attended the talks declined to comment on the meeting.

14.   He said players also would attend the talks, but some players have been at virtually every session so far.

15.   His efforts are already changing the landscape, as the Zapatista leader Subcomandante Marcos has agreed to attend peace talks in Mexico City in March.

16.   Karzai could not attend the talks in Germany because of the fighting around Kandahar, the southern Afghan city that is the spiritual home of the Taliban.

17.   Originally, Arafat set that as a pre-condition for attending the talks.

18.   Still attending talks by various groups.

19.   The American peace negotiator, Assistant Secretary of State Richard C. Holbrooke, who attended the talks, said efforts were partly directed toward meeting immediate concerns.

20.   The companies that make most of the cheap handguns used by criminals are not attending the talks.