31.   Talbott arrived from two days of intensive talks in Helsinki with Russian and Finnish officials that ended without an announcement of the final proposal.

32.   The deal came after two days of intensive talks involving UAW President Stephen P. Yokich and GM Chairman Jack Smith.

33.   The German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung said Kirch is in intensive talks with U.S. studios about a contribution to rescuing the Premiere pay TV enterprise and the entire group.

34.   The meeting followed two days of intensive talks between Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qurie and Israeli negotiator Uri Savir.

35.   The statement said Swissair is holding intensive talks with a number of airlines in Japan, China and Southeast Asia.

36.   The United Nations is currently conducting intensive talks with the government in a bid to find a solution to the distribution bottlenecks, the report said.

37.   While thousands of Croatian soldiers were on the move, a high-ranking U.S. diplomatic mission was involved in intensive talks on a new peace proposal.

38.   Zairian rebel leader Laurent Kabila held intensive talks with South African and U.N. officials that lasted late into the night, then headed back home Thursday.

39.   Han said before leaving he would hold intensive talks on the North Korean nuclear issue with his US, Chinese and Russian counterparts in New York.

40.   He added that in coming days, the High Council for Peace and other government bodies would hold intensive talks with rebel leaders to push ahead peace talks.