51.   Japanese and American negotiators resumed insurance talks Wednesday in Tokyo, Japanese officials said.

52.   Meanwhile in Cairo, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators resumed talks on organising the self-rule elections.

53.   Philippine government and MILF negotiators will resume preliminary contacts Wednesday at a Catholic-run university in this city.

54.   Russian army negotiators resumed talks Sunday with rebels on freeing the captured Russians.

55.   Russian army negotiators resumed talks Sunday with rebels on releasing the captured soldiers.

56.   Talks between Chechen rebel and Russian negotiators resumed in southern Chechnya Wednesday despite an earlier deadlock, Interfax news agency reported.

57.   The embassy said there would be no talks on Sunday and the negotiators would resume their meeting on Monday at the North Korean embassy.