81.   Turkey has offered to host the conference, which is expected to be held in June.

82.   Five European capitals are set to host peace conferences of various kinds following the initialling of a Yugoslav peace deal in Dayton, Ohio, according to officials.

83.   Former Afghan premier Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Sunday urged Pakistan to host a conference of Afghan leaders including President Burhanuddin Rabbani to resolve the civil war in Afghanistan.

84.   France is planning to host a conference on AIDS in Paris in December.

85.   Germany plans to host a conference in December on possible limits on arms in the former Yugoslavia.

86.   He has also met privately with Iraqi opposition parties abroad, and Amman has in the past said it was willing to host a conference of the groups.

87.   He was responding to a question on whether Egypt was considering not hosting the conference, set for November, or refusing to invite Israel.

88.   InterAction spokesman Mike Kiernan said the State Department asked the organization several weeks ago to host the conference.

89.   A high Sudanese official doubted Thursday that Egypt would go ahead and host a conference of the Sudanese opposition despite Egyptian statements that it would welcome the meeting.

90.   Asked about a Malaysian proposal to host a conference on terrorism next year, Mahathir said it was aimed at seeking a definition for terrorists.