11.   A burglar seriously wounded a Hungarian diplomat and murdered his wife when he broke into their home in Tehran, the official Iranian news agency IRNA said here Tuesday.

12.   According to Hungarian diplomat Sandor Meszaros, head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe mission in Chechnya, the talks were likely to begin Monday.

13.   The release of the hostages was central to the talks, said Hungarian diplomat Sandor Meszaros, head of the OSCE delegation in Grozny, quoted by Interfax.

14.   The delegation also included French diplomat Regis de Belenet and Hungarian diplomat Zoltan Nagy.