1.   President Fidel Castro was on hand as two Colombian rebel commanders on a brief furlough from prison arrived for exploratory peace talks with representatives of the Bogota leadership.

2.   Both sides are currently engaged in separate exploratory peace talks with British government representatives.

3.   Manila is now holding separate exploratory peace talks with the MILF in an effort to bring them to the negotiating table.

4.   Robinson demanded that British Prime Minister immediately call off exploratory peace talks with Sinn Fein due to start in December, three months after the IRA ceasefire was declared.

5.   Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams threatened Saturday to pull out of exploratory peace talks with Britain and warned against a return to violence unless London altered its thinking.

6.   Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams threatened Saturday to pull out of exploratory peace talks with Britain, and warned against a return to violence unless London altered its thinking.

7.   Sinn Fein and loyalist paramilitary representatives are currently engaged in exploratory peace talks with the British government.

8.   Sinn Fein and loyalist paramilitary representatives are cuurently engaged in exploratory peace talks with the British government.

9.   The British government last month began exploratory peace talks with both sides.

10.   The Ivory Coast foreign ministry on Thursday denied a report that exploratory peace talks between the Sierra Leone military junta and rebels will be held in Abidjan on Friday.