11.   Yossi Sarid, a member of the Israeli negotiating group and the leader of the leftist Meretz Party, had a similar attitude.

12.   A special negotiating group led by an independent merchant banker is working to assess both bids and will make a recommendation to the government shortly.

13.   All three technical groups will report to a negotiating group that will coordinate the talks.

14.   Cape Town, South Africa -- Volkstaat Council, a parliamentary negotiating group on setting up a white homeland, issues its first interim report.

15.   India on Wednesday blocked the treaty text being sent from the small negotiating group to the main conference where it must be approved and sent to New York.

16.   Large chunks of the rest of the documents have only been approved by a small negotiating group.

17.   Nine other countries including Japan, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Mexico have also submitted offers to the negotiating group.

18.   She held separate meetings with a Palestinian negotiating group headed by Saeb Erekat and, over dinner, with Ben-Ami.

19.   The government and the army, which make up the other negotiating groups, each support Buyoya.

20.   The negotiating group will now meet every two weeks in Brussels to fill those blanks.