11.   Horn and his Malaysian counterpart, Mahathir Mohamad, held talks after attending a signing ceremony.

12.   High-ranking diplomats from the two countries met over two days in Athens this week and held talks aimed at normalizing relations.

13.   Marc Ravalomanana and Didier Ratsiraka, who arrived in Senegal on Saturday, held talks with five regional heads of state until late Sunday.

14.   Mandela told reporters earlier Thursday that Ngbanda, the Mobutu envoy, did not meet with Kabila but held talks with South African officials.

15.   Miller arrived on the island Sunday and has since held talks with Greek Cypriot President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash.

16.   Mubarak, accompanied by several ministers and aides, held talks in Kuwait with the emir, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah.

17.   Officials from the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, or KEDO, held talks in New York earlier this month.

18.   Raphel, who arrived Thursday on a five-day visit, held talks with Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadiragamar, opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe and leaders of Tamil parties.

19.   Ramadan made his remarks several hours after Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz held talks with Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit in Ankara.

20.   Russian envoy Vitaly Churkin, held talks with Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in Pale, east of Sarajevo.