41.   The SEAC committe was holding crisis talks at a secret location over the weekend to decide whether special measures were needed to protect schoolchildren.

42.   UN special representative Yasushi Akashi was urgently recalled from the airport for crisis talks with Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic in a bid to save the accord.

43.   West Ham managing director Peter Storrie was flying there on Friday for crisis talks with him about his future at the London club.

44.   West Ham boss Harry Redknapp plans crisis talks with runaway Dutch million-pound striker Marco Boogers on Tuesday.

45.   Zia began the exchange of letters last month by suggesting she and Wajed sit down for crisis talks.

46.   Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres held crisis talks with right-wing opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and obtained his backing for a series of anti-terrorist measures, officials said.

47.   Juppe himself cancelled a visit to a military installation for unscheduled crisis talks with President Jacques Chirac in the Elysee Palace in Paris.

48.   Late last month US cardinals recommended a special process for defrocking serial paedophile priests after crisis talks in Rome with Pope John Paul II and top Vatican officials.

49.   Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri withdrew his resignation on Monday after crisis talks with Syrian leaders, a government minister said.

50.   President Bill Clinton held crisis talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on Monday without finding a way out of the crisis.