31. NATO and Russia postpone key talks Tuesday as they wrangle over implementing peace in Kosovo. 32. Norway indefinitely postponed bilateral talks on Norwegian aid to Indonesia. 33. Officials of some European countries had sought to postpone the talks on the grounds that lowering tariff barriers on Mexican goods could hurt European agriculture. 34. One spokesman, Andrew Nori, said Saturday that fresh violence in the past week in an area east of Honiara meant the talks should be postponed. 35. State television in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Friday quoted Kabila as saying the talks would be postponed until Saturday. 36. The airstrikes, he noted, had caused Yugoslavia to postpone talks on the peninsula. 37. The issue has become so explosive that during the EU foreign ministers meeting in Scotland earlier this month, France proposed postponing the talks until the island is reunited. 38. The Izetbegovic-Tudjman talks have been postponed several times in the past, and the Jajce violence was another setback. 39. The meeting was being held to bring hopes of reviving the languishing peace process, but the talks were postponed for two weeks after news of the crash. 40. The talks have been postponed to April. |