81.   Striking coal miners in Siberia lifted their blockade of the Trans-Siberian railway Sunday after a senior Kremlin official opened talks with strike leaders, news reports said.

82.   The cup was broken at the base and had dents in the top when officials opened its velvet-lined shipping box in Melbourne three weeks ago.

83.   The official Notimex news agency reported Monday said that municipal officials opened city hall Sunday night to provide shelter to those left homeless.

84.   The plane was isolated on the airport grounds so that officials could open negotiations with the hijackers.

85.   The Yugoslavs have taken to several steps to cooperate with the tribunal, including permission for tribunal officials to open an office in Belgrade.

86.   The warning was issued Thursday by State Department spokesman James P. Rubin as U.S. and North Korean officials opened two days of missile talks in New York.

87.   Trouble is, U.N. officials opened the proceedings with a request to keep speeches under five minutes.

88.   Turkish officials opened talks with an International Monetary Fund delegation Sunday on the details of a recovery program.

89.   U.S. defense officials on Tuesday opened two days of talks with Indian defense minister Yogindra Narain in an effort to broaden strategic relations with New Delhi.

90.   U.S. officials also opened an investigation into the bounty offered by Carlos Ibarra Perez, spokesman for an advocacy group called the Citizen Defense Committee.