21.   However on Tuesday, the longshoremen walked off negotiations after police placed makeshift metal fences around the port headquarters to keep protesters away.

22.   Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami was due to join the negotiations after his arrival Tuesday night.

23.   Judd said there were people on both sides of the conflict ready for broader negotiations after more than two years of war.

24.   Macedonian officials, who had broken off six days of talks on Wednesday, resumed negotiations after Solana left for Israel.

25.   Mahmoud Abbas, an architect of the Palestinian autonomy agreement with Israel, has rejoined the peace negotiations after a prolonged rift with PLO leader Yasser Arafat.

26.   Macedonian officials, who had broken off six days of talks Wednesday, resumed negotiations after Solana departed for Israel.

27.   NHL vice president Jeff Pash was called by a union official, presumably to arrange another round of sub-committee negotiations after Christmas, probably Monday.

28.   Norway has sent a special envoy trying to bring the government and the rebels back into negotiations after five years.

29.   Principals in the lease dispute offered a mixed report on the negotiations after the ceremony.

30.   Ripken opened negotiations after convincing himself he was healthy enough to play another year.