41.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli President Ezer Weizman met last week, but failed to restart negotiations.

42.   Palestinian officials on Monday demanded a freeze on Jewish settlement building as a condition for restarting peace negotiations.

43.   Palestinian officials said Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was determined to calm the situation and restart negotiations.

44.   Palestinian officials, meanwhile, said Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was determined to calm the situation and restart negotiations.

45.   Pilots at Cathay Pacific Airways have asked management to appoint an independent mediator to restart labor negotiations that have been stalled since last year.

46.   Powell is considering a proposal, made Sunday by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, for an international or regional conference to restart negotiations.

47.   ---- ---- RUNNING ---- ---- US MIDEAST - President Bill Clinton met with his senior advisers Tuesday to look at ways to restart Mideast negotiations.

48.   A delegation of negotiators from the Organization of African Unity arrived Wednesday, hoping to restart negotiations to end the standoff.

49.   A new government in neighboring India could be the catalyst that could restart negotiations between the often hostile neighbors, he said.

50.   A visit had been seen as a way to restart official negotiations between North Korea and Japan, which do not have diplomatic relations.