51.   The warning strikes were timed to coincide with the new contract negotiations after three rounds of failed talks this year.

52.   The warring sides pulled out of peace negotiations after the assassination attempt and the reported aerial attacks.

53.   U.N.-mediated talks were scheduled for December but Georgia dropped out of the negotiations after Abkhazia declared itself independent.

54.   Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash suspended the negotiations after the European Union decided in December to start membership talks with the Greek Cypriot government.

55.   U.S.-mediated talks between Syria and Israel have been frozen since Israel broke off negotiations after a series of suicide bombings by Islamic militants in February and March.

56.   U.S.-mediated talks between Syria and Israel have been frozen since Israel broke off negotiations after a series of suicide bombings by Islamic militants last February and March.

57.   U.S.-mediated talks between the two countries have been frozen since Israel broke off negotiations after a series of suicide bombings by Islamic militants last February and March.

58.   U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announced Monday that Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed to resume negotiations after a six-month stalemate marked by violence and recrimination.

59.   Israeli President Ezer Weizman voiced hope on Thursday that there would be progress in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations after the summit in Washington.

60.   But he vowed to pursue the negotiations after the burials.