41.   President Joseph Estrada denounced the abductions as terrorist acts, suspended peace talks and withdrew safety guarantees for rebel peace negotiators.

42.   Peace negotiator named attorney general.

43.   Peace negotiators are considering a proposal to put the army under civilian authority.

44.   Peace negotiators from the two Koreas, China and the United States are still searching for a compromise to move along talks on a permanent Korean peace treaty.

45.   Peace negotiators, religious leaders and community groups are scheduled to meet Monday in Tanzania for a seminar aimed at strengthening peace efforts in Burundi.

46.   Qureia, a senior peace negotiator with Israel, said Wednesday that the final peace accord would be presented to Palestinians for approval.

47.   Planning Minister Nabil Shaath, a senior peace negotiator, was singled out by the panel for charging personal telephone and electricity bills to his ministry.

48.   A Communist guerrilla commander who was freed from detention Friday vowed to continue working with the revolutionary movement, but this time as a peace negotiator.

49.   A formal reconciliation ceremony headed by former Malian President Amdou Toumani Toure, the chief peace negotiator, was held Wednesday.

50.   A palace statement said Philippine peace negotiator Howard Dee gave this assessment to President Fidel Ramos shortly after returning to the Philippines from Utrecht, in the Netherlands.