21.   Peres and Arafat have said they are willing, in principle, to hold truce talks.

22.   Peres, who has been pushing for the truce talks to go ahead, on Tuesday described the U.S. pressure exerted on Sharon.

23.   A Bosnian Serb delegation has walked out of truce talks to protest the failure of government troops to comply with a fledgling cease-fire by leaving a demilitarized zone.

24.   A bloody army mutiny escalated Monday as rebels shot and wounded two French soldiers trying to protect foreigners following the collapse of truce talks.

25.   A Bosnian Serb delegation walked out of truce implementation talks at the Sarajevo airport in protest.

26.   A new round of truce talks between Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian negotiators, tentatively set for Wednesday, was postponed indefinitely, Palestinian officials said.

27.   A U.S. mediator opened a new round of Israeli-Palestinian truce talks Tuesday following two stormy meetings that ended without result.

28.   A U.S. mediator made some progress in truce talks Tuesday, with Israel reluctantly accepting his latest proposals and the Palestinians seeking clarifications but not rejecting his ideas.

29.   A U.S. mediator opened a new round of Israeli-Palestinian truce talks Tuesday, following two stormy meetings that ended without result.

30.   Amid the rising tensions, high-level truce talks were postponed once more.