71.   Russia urged Ethiopia and Eritrea on Thursday to begin talks on a border conflict as soon as possible.

72.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Tuesday on Ethiopia and Eritrea to show restraint in their border conflict which the United States is attempting to mediate.

73.   Since then, both countries have developed nuclear capability, significantly increasing the stakes in any cross border conflict.

74.   Solution nears for Peru-Ecuador border conflict.

75.   Tens of thousands of people were killed in the border conflict.

76.   The attacks came a day after Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi agreed to a U.S. and Rwandan proposal to end the border conflict peacefully.

77.   The attacks come one day after Peru and Ecuador announced they had reached agreement in principle to end the border conflict and set up a demilitarized zone.

78.   The conference is expected to be dominated by the Peru-Ecuador border conflict.

79.   The border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea remained tense.

80.   The border conflict has been exacerbated by a trading rift last year when Eritea abandoned the Ethiopian birr and set up its own currency, the nakfa.