11.   The talks resumed Thursday after a four-day hiatus, in which both sides consulted with their governments.

12.   The talks will resume on Saturday after the sides consult with their respective leaders, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

13.   The talks will resume Saturday after both sides consult with their respective leaders, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

14.   The two sides would consult again Monday morning to see if an agreement could be completed, he said.

15.   A North Korean delegation official Chung Sung-il told reporters that both sides were consulting their governments on the understanding achieved.

16.   The talks are currently suspended while both sides consult their political leaders on an accord enabling Baghdad to export limited quantities of oil for humanitarian purposes.

17.   The negotiations, which have been underway for four weeks in the Chechen capital Grozny, broke off Sunday so that the two sides could consult their respective leaders.