71.   Yeltsin is likely to leave the heavy negotiations to his prime minister, who was more active in previous talks.

72.   French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette is currently in Damascus carrying out parallel negotiations to those of US Secretary of State Warren Christopher.

73.   Hermoza insisted there was no link between this release and negotiations to free end the hostage crisis.

74.   However, North Korea last Saturday notified China of its reversal of the intention, bringing negotiations to a halt, the source said.

75.   In negotiations to date, Serb officers have linked reopening of the road to a full Bosnian military withdrawal from the Mt. Igman demilitarized zone.

76.   Iran asked the UAE then to move the negotiations to Tehran.

77.   All three issues have dogged negotiations to extending Palestinian self-rule on the West Bank, throwing the initial timetable way off schedule.

78.   Chief Israeli negotiator Uri Savir has predicted it will take weeks of negotiations to strike a deal.

79.   The Serbian government said in a statement issued Wednesday that the Bosnian Serbs had effectively handed over responsibility for negotiations to Belgrade.

80.   The Serbian government said in a statement Wednesday that the Bosnian Serbs had effectively handed over responsibility for negotiations to Belgrade.