41.   Senior negotiators from both sides were to meet late Saturday, their second session in the first direct, high-level peace talks since a failed Mideast summit in July.

42.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri have had two rounds of talks since March that focused on the goal of getting U.N. inspectors back into Iraq.

43.   South and North Korean negotiators argued over electricity Friday in the most contentious round of talks since their leaders agreed to seek reconciliation at a June summit.

44.   Sinn Fein expects to meet British government representatives Monday in Belfast, their first talks since the end of the cease-fire.

45.   Still, separatist leader Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev sounded optimistic Friday about the outcome of negotiations, which would be the highest-level talks since the war began.

46.   The attack occurred on the second day of Belfast peace talks since the IRA-allied Sinn Fein party was admitted as a participant.

47.   The issue has stalled plans for all-party constitutional talks since the IRA called a cease-fire in its violent campaign against British rule.

48.   The leaders have not held talks since a June summit that ended in acrimony.

49.   The meeting was the third round of talks since March.

50.   The only agreement reached in talks since was for greater Indian rights.