51.   The Turkish delegation had to fly from Cairo to Tunisia and then drive east to Libya due to the flight ban.

52.   In Sarajevo at ICRC headquarters, spokeswoman Nina Winquist confirmed that the Pale delegation had a meeting with Koljevic.

53.   A Chinese military delegation has begun talks with US defense officials, the Pentagon said Monday, amid escalating bilateral tensions over Taiwan.

54.   A senior EU delegation had no better luck on Thursday.

55.   An official at the Japanese embassy here said late Friday the Japanese delegation would have no immediate comment.

56.   Another US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a European Union delegation also had talks Monday with US officials.

57.   As it rushed to board a US military helicopter, the delegation had no time to give further details of its trip.

58.   Babar flew to Kandahar after a brief visit to Kabul during which the delegation had talks with the Taliban interim government officials.

59.   Both delegations will have five members.

60.   But the European delegation had a full schedule of talks this time around.