21.   Cypriot President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash on Tuesday resumed the fourth round of talks since January, after a brief break for Orthodox Christian Easter.

22.   Countries hold highest-level talks since February.

23.   Denktash has boycotted peace talks since the EU decided to open the accession talks last year.

24.   Fifty-six Israelis have died in attacks staged by Palestinian militants opposed to the Israel-PLO peace talks since October.

25.   Five delegates from each side met in the fifth round of Cabinet-level talks since last summer.

26.   Four rounds of U.N.-supervised talks since January between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities have made limited headway.

27.   France and Monaco have been holding talks since the beginning of the year.

28.   If the talks go ahead, it will be their first face-to-face talks since the nuclear explosions.

29.   In talks since then, Israeli officials have consistently said agreement was close.

30.   In talks since then, Israeli officials have said agreement was close.