31.   The former president has agreed to mediate the peace talks.

32.   The future of the peace talks is in doubt.

33.   The government is keen for peace talks to start again.

34.   The government offered safe passage to militants taking up their offer of peace talks.

35.   The minister Declined to comment about the progress of the peace talks.

36.   The next day the rebels rejected the idea of peace talks, insisting that he should leave the country.

37.   The peace talks are being held against a background of increasing violence.

38.   The peace talks are being held in Geneva.

39.   The peace talks are being held up by continued fighting on the border.

40.   The peace talks are now at a crucial stage.