1.   In the summer, Ambassadors Itamar Rabinovich and Walid al-Moualem of Syria, began their discreet talks.

2.   On Friday, an Israeli daily said Syrian President Hafez Assad was ready for discreet talks with Israel in order to reach a preliminary peace agreement by summer.

3.   On Tuesday, Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon said the Philippines and China were continuing discreet talks to settle their conflicting claims over the Spratlys.

4.   Syria broke off formal talks with Israel last February, but agreed subsequently to discreet talks between the ambassadors under the eyes of the Clinton administration.

5.   The Philippines and China are continuing discreet talks to settle their conflicting claims over the Spratly Islands, the foreign secretary said Tuesday.

6.   The three main rival Somali faction leaders pursued discreet talks in Nairobi on Thursday, where Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi was said to be mediating.

7.   Military officials have held their own discreet talks on the complex details of redeployment.

8.   Paris has held discreet talks with representatives of the Zairean rebels and members of the Zairean political opposition.