61.   Rival presidents end talks without a deal to end standoff.

62.   Sharon called on Syria to resume peace talks without preconditions.

63.   Shooting broke out in downtown Grozny on Tuesday after Russian and Chechen negotiators suspended peace talks without signing a long-awaited political agreement.

64.   Taiwan urges restoring talks without preconditions.

65.   Taiwan and Vietnam ended two days of trade talks without signing any formal agreements, news reports said Saturday.

66.   Taiwan feared it would be coerced to make compromises if it entered the talks without ensuring it has an equal footing with China.

67.   The anti-Taliban coalition calls for talks without conditions.

68.   Syria has rejected his proposal to renew talks without preconditions and to deal first with a possible Israeli pullout from southern Lebanon.

69.   The decision to proceed with talks without agreement on the meaning of a single China led to discussions on technical issues, including illegal aliens and fishing disputes.

70.   The FARC refused, however, prompting the government to go ahead with the talks without international verifiers.