21.   Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said a key part of a new U.S. peace formula could be a settlements-for-refugees trade.

22.   Parliament leaders agree on peace proposal formula.

23.   Rebel leader Rashid Dostum said his forces would converge on the capital in a coordinated attack in two weeks if a viable peace formula was not put into place.

24.   Talks were suspected last month in Rambouillet, France because neither side was willing to sign on to the peace formula.

25.   That will mean a delay in approving the Security Council resolution authorizing the Kosovo peace formula.

26.   Talks were suspended last month in Rambouillet, France, because neither side was willing to sign on to the peace formula.

27.   That will be followed by a bombing pause, Chernomyrdin said, while a resolution endorsing the peace formula is submitted to the U.N. Security Council.

28.   That will mean a delay in approval of a U.N. Security Council resolution authorizing the Kosovo peace formula.

29.   The key to any peace formula for South Lebanon, however, lies in the hands of Syria, the main power-broker in Lebanon.

30.   The government has rejected a peace formula proposed by a former vice-president to end the fighting with southern rebels, the Parliament speaker said in remarks published Thursday.