11.   The leaders of Brazil and Venezuela also pulled out at the last minute, their delegations said, giving no reason.

12.   The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the delegation including deputies of the self-proclaimed Bosnian Serb assembly and other officials.

13.   The Vatican said the delegation, headed by Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, left Sunday and will meet both government and Church officials.

14.   He said delegations from the ECOMOG force, African diplomats and UN envoy to Liberia Anthony Nyanki were due to meet the Krahn fighters at the military barracks.

15.   A spokesman for Assad said a delegation from the Council of Middle East Churches, which held a meeting here last week, also attended the meeting.

16.   A US spokesman said US delegation chief Robert Gallucci would fly back to the United States on Friday for consultations.

17.   An official in the northern capital of Sanaa said a delegation left Sunday for the talks.

18.   Yemeni and Saudi negotiators Saturday resumed talks here aimed at resolving their border dispute, the Yemeni delegation said.

19.   Officials said a delegation of supporters of ousted president Hugo Chavez left late Saturday for the Caribbean island of La Orchila to escort Chavez back to Caracas.

20.   Palestinian officials said their delegation had reservations about three points in the bridging proposal which they hoped to iron out in the talks.