21.   Four rounds of talks under the supervision of former Labor Secretary W.J. Usery, appointed in mid-October by the Clinton administration, produced scant progress.

22.   Government, employers and labor have held protracted talks under the umbrella of the National Economic Development and Labor Council.

23.   He said he was simply rebutting the suggestion that violence began because of the lack of Mideast talks under the Bush administration.

24.   In Geneva, U.S. delegation member Andrew Stoler said the bilateral talks under the auspices of the World Trade Organization would only last one day.

25.   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for Camp David-style talks under U.S. auspices to try to reach a permanent peace agreement with the Palestinians.

26.   Japan had requested the talks under WTO dispute settlement procedure.

27.   Leaders were also likely to endorse the launching of a new round of trade talks under the World Trade Organization.

28.   Peace talks under U.N. auspices are currently under way in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

29.   Only after the coming of age of the global trade liberalisation talks under the WTO did Thailand agree to relax its foreign entry rules.

30.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu renewed an offer Tuesday to hold Camp David-style talks under U.S. auspices to try and reach a permanent peace agreement with the Palestinians.