11.   The Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries have been holding talks since October on peace and security problems.

12.   The two companies have been in talks since early May.

13.   The two companies have been in talks since November.

14.   The two have been in talks since November.

15.   The two sides held their first round of talks since the release of the crew of the reconnaissance plane.

16.   The two sides have held years of contract talks since then, but they remain far apart on issues such as whether the company should provide a pension plan.

17.   The union and airlines resumed negotiations Monday, after not holding formal talks since Thursday.

18.   There have been no formal talks since last March.

19.   There have been no new talks since Christmas and Taylor sounds less optimistic than ever that he can reach a deal.

20.   Barak has been pushing the idea of combining Wye and the final status talks since ever taking office three weeks ago, despite repeated objections from the Palestinians.