31.   NATO and the United Nations have been brokering talks aimed at defusing tension in the town since Serbs blocked a bridge dividing it several weeks ago.

32.   Norway has been trying to broker peace talks.

33.   Representatives of the Organization of African Unity, the European Community and the United States are brokering the talks.

34.   Richardson has been in Zaire since Monday trying to broker talks between President Mobutu Sese Seko and rebel leader Laurent Kabila.

35.   Richardson helped broker peace talks last weekend between Mobutu and rebel leader Laurent Kabila.

36.   South African President Nelson Mandela, warning Zimbabwe against intervention, is trying to broker peace talks to stop any escalation in the Congolese conflict.

37.   Syed Hamid said that Malaysia would be willing to broker talks between Indonesia and Aceh separatists, if Megawati asks.

38.   The small country has also brokered informal talks, and has funded peace efforts.

39.   The talks have been brokered by U.N. envoy Razali Ismail of Malaysia.

40.   The talks were brokered by Razali, a Malaysian, who arrived in Myanmar on Monday on his fifth visit to the country.