11.   Parliament speaker Wolfgang Thierse has offered to mediate talks between the two, and so has Eugene DuBow, the head of the American Jewish Committee in Berlin.

12.   A Kurdish guerrilla leader appealed to European Union countries to mediate peace talks with Turkey, saying he was ready for a ceasefire, Kurdish television said Friday.

13.   A former military leader mediated talks between Muslim and Christian groups in an effort to stem three days of bloodletting between the two faiths in northern Nigeria.

14.   A former military leader was mediating talks between Muslim and Christian groups and religious leaders called for peace Monday as efforts intensified to stem days of interreligious bloodletting.

15.   A Tanzanian newspaper reported Friday that Kabila had asked former president Julius Nyerere to mediate the talks.

16.   A referendum proposed by Milosevic is scheduled for Thursday on whether foreigners should mediate Kosovo talks.

17.   A source close to Western peace envoys mediating the talks said they were continuing.

18.   African leaders efforts to mediate talks between Ravalomanana and Ratsiraka ended in failure Monday in Senegal and both leaders return home.

19.   African leaders efforts to mediate talks between Ravalomanana and Ratsiraka ended in failure Monday in Senegal and both leaders returned home.

20.   Anthony said the Caribbean Community would offer to help mediate talks to improve relations between Cuba and the United States.