31.   Barak had suspended the negotiations in this Red Sea resort late Tuesday.

32.   Beijing responded by test-firing missiles and holding war games near Taiwan, and by suspending negotiations.

33.   Before the tentative agreements, formal negotiations had been suspended for more than three months.

34.   Chief government negotiator Robert Aventajado suspended formal negotiations with Abu Sayyaf leaders more than a month ago after the rebels began escalating their demands.

35.   China suspended the negotiations after the embassy bombing and has said that Washington must provide a fuller explanation for the attack before WTO talks can resume.

36.   Confusion surrounded the fate of the talks, with reports that the negotiations could be suspended for several days to buy time for the accord.

37.   French President Jacques Chirac, the summit chairman, briefly suspended the negotiations to sort out the way forward after the clash.

38.   Gen. Eugenio Manuvakola, heading the UNITA delegation, told Portuguese TSF radio negotiations were temporarily suspended.

39.   He said suspending negotiations remains an option.

40.   He said the negotiations were suspended earlier this week.