51.   Barshefsky said two or three months ago Chinese officials signaled they wanted to revive the talks.

52.   Barak and Arafat were to meet separately in Paris with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Wednesday, in a U.S. effort to revive peace talks.

53.   Barak is likely to appoint Peres the minister in charge of reviving peace talks.

54.   Barak has promised to revive peace talks with Syria.

55.   Barak is committed to reviving peace talks with Syria and the Palestinians, frozen by the outgoing government led by the hard-line Likud party.

56.   Barak and Arafat were to meet separately with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in a U.S. effort to revive peace talks.

57.   Barak has pledged to revive peace talks with the Palestinians that will likely lead to the creation of a Palestinian state.

58.   Barak then accelerated discussion with parties that backed his plans to revive talks with the Palestinians and Syria, frozen by the outgoing Likud-led government.

59.   Barak was in Cairo last week for talks with Egyptian officials on reviving the talks.

60.   Beijing proposed to revive talks with Taipei at the party congress.