31.   Rebels and Serbia accepted the summons to the peace talks only under threat of NATO airstrikes.

32.   South Africa hosted the talks under an Organization of African Unity initiative to find a continental solution to the conflict.

33.   South Africa hosted the talks under an OAU initiative to find a continental solution to the conflict.

34.   Technical talks under the auspices of the WTO take place Wednesday alongside the broader automobile negotiations, but are not expected to achieve anything.

35.   The agreement reached at the Uruguay Round of trade talks under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is designed to tear down trade barriers like subsidies.

36.   The Egyptian leader also proposed a new round of international trade talks under the auspices of the World Trade Organization.

37.   The latest clashes came two days before Russian and Chechen representatives are scheduled to hold peace talks under international auspices in the ruined Chechen capital, Grozny.

38.   The new round of trade talks under the auspices of the World Trade Organization will be launched through a ministerial meeting in Seattle in November.

39.   The Palestinians have said a resumption of talks under such conditions is inconceivable, and it is not clear how the two sides will break the deadlock.

40.   The rebel offer comes ahead of another round of cease-fire talks under auspices of Zambian president and chief African mediator in Congo, Frederick Chiluba.