61.   The new twist has stalled negotiations between China and South Korea, and between China and North Korea, the source said.

62.   Unionized workers at a former General Motors parts plant spun off by the giant automaker, set a strike deadline Monday, saying contract negotiations were stalled.

63.   Meanhwile Ilir Meta declined an offer of the interior ministry, saying he wished to avoid negotiations being stalled due to the hostility of his opponents.

64.   North Korea stalled negotiations over the defection of a top ideologue after reversing its acceptance that he wanted to leave the Stalinist North, the Yomiuri Shimbun said Wednesday.

65.   North Korea stalled negotiations over Hwang after reversing its acceptance that he wanted to leave the Stalinist North, the Yomiuri Shimbun said Wednesday.

66.   Peace negotiations have been stalled over disagreements on the issue of Moslem self-rule in this largely Roman Catholic country.

67.   Peace negotiations have been stalled since early October, when the commander of Russian troops in Chechnya, General Anatoly Romanov, was seriously wounded in a bomb attack.

68.   Publicly, Palestinians have rejected such demands and complained that the negotiations are stalled.

69.   Publicly, Palestinians have complained that the negotiations are stalled, but both Israeli and US officials said weekend talks had made produced some compromise.

70.   South Asian leaders are set to put off their ambitious plans to turn the region into a free trade area amid political bickering that has stalled trade negotiations.