1.   THE United States yesterday threw its support behind what it said was a new effort by UN special Angola envoy Alioune Blondin Beye to revive Angolan peace talks.

2.   Angolan peace advocates said they were treating the news with caution because the government had recently reported the deaths of senior rebel officials, then retracted the reports.

3.   Frustrated with delays in the Angolan peace process, the Security Council has imposed air and travel sanctions against the former rebel movement UNITA.

4.   Frustrated over repeated delays in implementing the Angolan peace agreement, the Security Council warned all parties Thursday against further postponements in swearing-in a national unity government.

5.   Getting the Angolan peace process back on track was considered the first major challenge to the new security bloc, Mugabe said.

6.   Mandela had said they would hold an emergency summit if the Angolan peace process faltered.

7.   Officials for the United Nations force monitoring the Angolan peace process declined to comment on the move.

8.   Since October of that year he has been mediating the Angolan peace process from his base in Lusaka, Zambia.

9.   Since then he has been mediating the Angolan peace process from his base in Lusaka, Zambia.