11.   A day after the United States refused to sign a proposed treaty on banning land mines, several other countries at the treaty talks Thursday expressed opposition or reservations.

12.   A favorable decision would also give the tribes a weapon to wield in treaty talks with the province.

13.   Arafat turned that down, but seemed open to the possibility of combining the third phase with the peace treaty talks.

14.   At land mine treaty talks in Norway, the U-S has demanded an exemption for mines on the Korean peninsula and for certain types of mines.

15.   China did not take part in the treaty talks.

16.   During the Oslo treaty talks, the United States insisted that that the land mines used in that system be exempted from the ban.

17.   However, the United States has said it would not sign the treaty, and other countries, including China, did not take part in the treaty talks.

18.   However, the United States has said it would not sign the treaty, and Russia and China did not take part in the treaty talks.

19.   In Bonn, Germany, negotiators made major progress on treaty talks after bowing to the White House on forest management and proposed emission caps.

20.   In the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat, negotiators interrupted peace treaty talks and stood in silence.