21.   Efforts to salvage stalled negotiations on a global telecommunications treaty will dominate talks this week between U.S. and European Union trade officials, the EU said Tuesday.

22.   Expanding trade and cooperation in the international arena dominated talks, Putin aide Sergei Prikhodko said, according to ITAR-Tass.

23.   Fears that the world economic slowdown is pushing up budget deficits in leading European economies will likely dominate talks starting Monday among European finance ministers.

24.   He met Vice-President Al Gore -- standing in for President Bill Clinton -- as the future of peace talks over Northern Ireland continued to dominate their talks.

25.   Howard said the state of the alliance, a possible free trade agreement between the two countries and regional issues would dominate the talks.

26.   Kasymzhomart Tokayev told reporters that trade, security and air links dominated talks with President Jiang Zemin and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen.

27.   Kirienko would not elaborate on the agreement, saying only that the talks were heavily dominated by political issues.

28.   Neighborliness is the theme, but drug trafficking threatens to dominate talks with President Ernesto Zedillo.

29.   Neither side disclosed salary specifics, which are expected to dominate the talks.

30.   Murdiono, minister at the State Secretariat, said economic and trade issues likely would dominate talks between Mandela and Suharto on Tuesday.