1.   Both were concerned about the repercussions of instability on the Ethiopian border, and sought to focus on a new reconciliation conference, giving more space to military chiefs.

2.   He is also once again talking and dealing with the Americans, trying to negotiate for funds for reconciliation conferences.

3.   The reconciliation conference will probably begin next week.

4.   A dozen Somali factions announced plans Thursday to hold a reconciliation conference within two months to put together the remains of their shattered nation.

5.   A national reconciliation conference scheduled for the end of the week is likely to be postponed for the third time, a faction leader said Wednesday.

6.   Aidid refused to attend a national reconciliation conference planned this month in the northeastern Somali town of Bossaso because of what he reportedly saw as too much Ethiopian influence.

7.   Aidid has been holding his own reconciliation conference without Ali Mahdi for the past two months.

8.   Ali Mahdi, at a news conference said Somalia needs U.N. help to organize a national reconciliation conference.

9.   Angered by yet another postponement of a national reconciliation conference, leaders in northeastern Somalia announced plans Thursday to set up a local administration.

10.   But Seyoum said the agreement ruined a previous attempt by Ethiopia to hold a similar reconciliation conference.