81.   The latest attempt to restart talks to reunify the Mediterranean island by U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke failed earlier this week.

82.   The latest attempt to restart talks to reunify the Mediterranean island by U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke failed last month.

83.   The group included Kin Chieh-shou, a Taipei County councilor, who was prevented from reaching the islands by Japanese patrol boats earlier this month.

84.   The mission hopes the two sides will reach an agreement over the islands by early next week, spokesman Teitur Torkelsson said.

85.   The Japanese government has been trying to reduce the U.S. military presence on the tiny island by moving bases, equipment and personnel to other parts of Japan.

86.   The low-pressure trough responsible for recent rains was moving westward and most of the associated rain should also move west of the local islands by tonight.

87.   The latest attempt to restart talks to reunify the Mediterranean island by U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke failed earlier last month.

88.   The militants frequently target villas built on the island by wealthy French from the mainland.

89.   The November arrest came only two days after Israeli President Ezer Weizman ended the first official visit to the island by an Israeli head of state.

90.   The United States now is nearly alone in trying to force a political change on the communist island by isolating it from the rest of the world.