11.   He was speaking during his second visit to Yemen in his mediation bid after first holding talks in the Yemeni capital on Thursday.

12.   He was referring to an earlier unsuccessful Libyan mediation bid between Sudan and Uganda.

13.   A year-long UN mediation bid collapsed in April when Denktash finally rejected a package of confidence building measures having originally agreed in principle.

14.   Toure revived the mediation bid on Tuesday after a meeting in Libreville on Monday with Gabonese leader Omar Bongo.

15.   Kovalov was back in the Chechen capital on Tuesday to prepare a new mediation bid.

16.   Khaddam, accompanied by Shara, left Riyadh Sunday after meeting Saudi King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faysal in a mediation bid.

17.   Meanwhile in Riyadh, Syrian Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam met Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faysal in a similar mediation bid.

18.   Syrian Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam met Saudi King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faysal in a mediation bid.

19.   The agreement followed a high-level Russian mediation bid led by Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and also involving the speakers of the Russian upper and lower parliamentary chambers.