21.   Miguel Amado, the European Union representative in Bissau, said in a telephone interview that the planned talks had not been rescheduled.

22.   Posuvalyuk gave no details about the planned talks with the Palestinians.

23.   President Nelson Mandela met Thursday with Zulu nationalist leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, but only after protesting the planned talks on tribal affairs had been politicized.

24.   Ranariddh is currently in Bangkok for planned talks with Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai.

25.   Separately, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he would raise the issue of the turmoil in planned bilateral talks with Indonesian President B.J. Habibie.

26.   Snowy weather in Kosovo forced him to move the venue of planned talks later Saturday with Kosovo Albanians from Pristina to neighboring Macedonia, international officials said.

27.   Snowy weather in Kosovo forced Cook to move the venue of planned talks later Saturday with Kosovo Albanians from Pristina to neighboring Macedonia, international officials said.

28.   The government gave no details of the planned talks but European Union support for the Mideast peace process is likely to be the main topic of conversation.

29.   The foes were respecting a truce ahead of the planned talks, spokesman Horacio Cesar said.

30.   The government gave no details of the planned talks but European Union support for the Mideast peace process is likely to be the main topic of discussion.