1.   Analysts are watching for signs that the scheduled talks at the end of this week between senior representatives of the mainland and Taipei will be affected.

2.   Chirac flew to Bonn later Wednesday for scheduled talks with Kohl.

3.   He was in Washington over the last five days on previously scheduled talks, but extended his visit because of the nationwide freeze on air traffic.

4.   He would miss scheduled talks with the Japanese leader, but still be on time for the summit of leading industrialized nations that begins in Okinawa on Friday.

5.   Little, beyond fingerpointing, was accomplished during the four days of talks on Capitol Hill last week, and so far neither side has scheduled talks this week.

6.   The American military chief arrived in Moscow for previously scheduled talks with Sergeyev and Gen. Anatoly Kvashnin, chief of the Russian general staff.

7.   The next scheduled bargaining talks will probably be held on Thursday in Manhattan.

8.   The owners called off the scheduled talks in the face of National Labor Relations Board action against them.

9.   Peres met with President Hosni Mubarak and addressed a business group before his scheduled talks with the chief PLO negotiator, Nabil Shaath.

10.   Annan flew in from Geneva and will hold scheduled talks with Jordanian officials on Wednesday.