81.   The Palestinians have rejected this, and in any case Sharon has refused to resume peace talks until Palestinian violence stops.

82.   The Palestinians rejected this, and in any case Sharon has refused to resume peace talks until violence stops.

83.   The sides were close to a deal and recessed their talks until Tuesday.

84.   The sides were close to a deal, and recessed their talks until Tuesday.

85.   The two sides met for about an hour behind closed doors Wednesday and then adjourned the talks until Thursday afternoon.

86.   The two sides were close to agreement but adjourned their talks until Friday because of a few outstanding disputes, a U.S. Embassy official said on condition of anonymity.

87.   The United States, Britain and Ireland have agreed to ban Sinn Fein from joining the talks until the IRA agrees to reinstate a ceasefire it ended in February.

88.   They first planned to continue talks until Sunday, but sources said the decision to end the round a day early did not mean the discussions had gone badly.

89.   They had planned to continue talks until Sunday, but sources said the decision to end the round a day early did not mean the discussions had gone badly.

90.   They returned to the meeting hall an hour later, met briefly and later adjourned the talks until Wednesday.