11.   It is fighting to carve an Islamic state out of the southern Philippines but has a tentative cease fire with the government as the two sides hold peace talks.

12.   North Korea proposed on Friday that the Red Cross hold talks on another round of reunions for families divided between the two Korean states.

13.   North Korea proposed Friday that the Red Cross hold talks on another round of reunions for families divided between the two Korean states.

14.   On his way back, he was told hold talks in the West Bank town of Ramallah with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Saturday.

15.   Since the bombing, China has put on hold talks with the United States on its bid to join the World Trade Organization and other issues.

16.   The changes have been put on hold pending talks with state pageant officials.

17.   The General Staff said Gen. Ismail Hakki Karadayi will inspect Turkish troops deployed there in a multinational mission and hold talks with Albanian officials.

18.   Two senior American diplomats accompanying her may, while there, hold talks with Israelis, and possibly with others attending the service, on the impasse in peacemaking.

19.   Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko will visit Beijing at the end of April and hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Jiang Zemin, Interfax news agency reported Thursday.

20.   Baril who was touring the region in advance of the mission said he would go to Kinshasa over the weekend for hold talks with the authorities there.