81.   The Washington talks were arranged by U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher earlier this month.

82.   There were reports of efforts to arrange talks between government representatives and Khudoberdiyev, the renegade commander.

83.   There were reports of attempts to arrange talks between government representatives and Khudoberdiyev.

84.   U.N. and African mediators tried for two days to arrange face-to-face talks between the two parties in the Gabon capital Libreville.

85.   U.N. and African mediators tried for two days to arrange face-to-face talks in the Gabon capital, Libreville.

86.   U.S. Mideast envoy Anthony Zinni is currently in Israel trying to arrange cease-fire talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

87.   U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has been in touch with both sides by phone repeatedly in recent days to help arrange the talks.

88.   Wickremesinghe has said he would compromise to arrange talks with the rebels, who are banned as terrorists in Sri Lanka, the United States, Canada and Britain.

89.   While the United Nations tries to arrange truce talks, the war claims new victims in Bosnia on Thursday.

90.   Zambian President Frederick Chiluba and Mkapa, under the auspices of the Southern African Development Community, have been trying to arrange talks between the two sides.