11.   A second day of auto trade talks between the U.S. and Japan officially ended, though U.S. officials said negotiations would resume late this evening.

12.   Advisers to Barak said the negotiations could not resume until Syria held back Hezbollah, but Barak continued to express optimism that the process could be renewed.

13.   Both Palestinian and Israeli officials are suggesting that negotiations must resume, and that the existing formula for peace talks needs to be changed.

14.   Both sides are expected to return home today, and no one is sure when negotiations will resume with spring training about a week away.

15.   Budget negotiations should resume tomorrow after both sides examine new economic forecasts from the Congressional Budget Office.

16.   But Baer of the FTC left open the possibility that negotiations could resume at any time.

17.   But officials said they were not optimistic that the negotiations would resume any time soon.

18.   But no sensible person would want to be involved with baseball this winter, when labor negotiations resume.