11.   Amid the rising tensions, high-level truce talks were postponed once more.

12.   But Barak is trying to postpone those talks, in exchange for giving the Palestinians full control over three Jerusalem suburbs as a good will gesture.

13.   But Hungarian government officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the request to postpone the talks came from the Slovak side.

14.   But rebel leader Laurent Kabila was still in the Angolan capital of Luanda by nightfall Friday and it appeared the talks would be postponed for at least a day.

15.   But it was still not certain that the talks would be postponed, Akbel added.

16.   But the market could not hold onto its gains and prices drifted lower after the heads of the ruling coalition parties decided to postpone talks on market support measures.

17.   But the sides met for only an hour Friday before agreeing to postpone talks until Monday in Chicago.

18.   But there was no agreement and the two sides postponed talks until September.

19.   Earlier in the day, before the talks were postponed, Clinton sounded an optimistic note.

20.   Earlier, sources in Bonn had said the roundtable talks were being postponed in favor of separate negotiating sessions with industry, unions and environmental groups.