31.   U.S. and Russian officials will discuss the announcement during a bilateral meeting later today.

32.   While European leaders who have canceled bilateral meetings with the Austrian government say they have a moral duty to ostracize Austria, there is also self-interest.

33.   Pictures include roundtable talks, bilateral meetings and arrivals.

34.   Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said he expected sets of bilateral meetings to be held immediately after the arrival of the U.S. envoys.

35.   Presidents will hold bilateral meetings in Piran, and informally discuss approaches to domestic politics.

36.   A bilateral meeting between the prime ministers of India and Pakistan was expected on Wednesday.

37.   A bilateral meeting between Philippine and Canadian officials will follow a courtesy call on Ramos by Chretien.

38.   A Japanese official said Sunday his foreign minister had asked the United States during a bilateral meeting to relax sanctions against Cuba, Libya and Iraq.

39.   A State Department official on Thursday said the United States often has held bilateral meetings with Korean negotiators before talks or preliminary talks.

40.   After his speech, he began his series of bilateral meetings by calling on the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mohammad Khatami.