41.   OSCE chairman Knut Vollebaek urged Yugoslavia and ethnic Albanian rebels Wednesday to join negotiations on the Kosovo crisis that have been called in France for this weekend.

42.   Rugova hopes the rebels and other ethnic Albanian politicians will join negotiations with Milosevic if they see progress is being made toward autonomy for Kosovo.

43.   Rugova, Hill and European diplomats hope the rebels will join the negotiations once they see progress is being made toward autonomy for Kosovo.

44.   Remans said pilots have attended all the talks but refused to join the negotiations, insisting they were only gathering information.

45.   Romania also was invited to join negotiations for European Union membership last year.

46.   Ross joined the negotiations for four days this week before returning to Washington.

47.   Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will join the negotiations today.

48.   Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will join the negotiations Thursday.

49.   Some Asian countries oppose letting such countries as India, Australia and New Zealand join Asian negotiations with the European Union.

50.   Singh will not join the negotiations until later, IMF officials said.