21.   A top U.S. diplomat met with President Robert Mugabe on Sunday and discussed the war in the Congo that involves troops from Zimbabwe and a half-dozen other African nations.

22.   A U.S. diplomat met for a second time with the crew.

23.   Abroad, American diplomats met over the weekend with officials in host countries and the assistant secretaries of state called foreign ambassadors to the State Department on Friday.

24.   According to Neves, the diplomat met Trevi after requesting an interview with her in prison.

25.   Also on Thursday three Western diplomats met Taliban foreign ministry officials, their first meeting in more than one week.

26.   American diplomats met Friday for a second time with the crew of a Navy spy plane held on a southern Chinese island, the U.S. ambassador said.

27.   American diplomats will meet in Taipei on Wednesday with senior Taiwanese officials, U.S. State Department spokesman James P. Rubin said.

28.   An American diplomat met Friday with the detained crew of a U.S. Navy spy plane and said they were in good spirits.

29.   American diplomats are meeting with top Palestinian officials even as the Bush administration calls for the ouster of Yasser Arafat as the leader of the Palestinian Authority.

30.   American diplomats meet a third time with detained air crew, spokesman says.