11.   German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was scheduled to arrive in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Thursday for daylong talks on issues ranging from foreign policy to agriculture.

12.   German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Thursday for daylong talks on issues ranging from foreign policy to agriculture.

13.   In a diplomatic bid to end the conflict, former Russian Premier Viktor Chernomyrdin had held daylong talks Thursday with Milosevic.

14.   In a diplomatic bid to end the conflict, former Russian Premier Viktor Chernomyrdin held daylong talks with Milosevic on Wednesday.

15.   In a diplomatic bid to end the conflict, former Russian Premier Viktor Chernomyrdin held daylong talks with Milosevic.

16.   Juncker, chairman of the daylong talks, said Italian Treasury Minister Carlo Ciampi would brief ministers on the crisis, which felled his government last week.

17.   Local opposition leader Aleksandar Radosavljevic said daylong talks to negotiate a compromise had failed and protests against the occupation would continue.

18.   The daylong talks ended with no immediate word on the outcome.

19.   The daylong talks on economic and social issues are part of wider EU-sponsored talks on the future of the federation.

20.   The cease-fire agreement was reached after daylong talks.