31.   Irakli Batiashvili, a former Georgian security minister who now serves in parliament, also joined the negotiations.

32.   Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami was due to join the negotiations after his arrival Tuesday night.

33.   Israeli and Syrian military experts join secret negotiations under U.S. supervision, a sign that peace talks are getting serious.

34.   It expects firm guarantees from the British to join negotiations alongside other parties speedily.

35.   It wants to join negotiations for EU membership that include aspirants Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Estonia and Cyprus.

36.   Kosovo Albanians want international mediators to join their negotiations with Belgrade.

37.   Lebed was upbeat about peace prospects in the breakaway southern republic, and said Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin will join negotiations with the Chechens this week.

38.   Mandela said progress could only be achieved if Britain, France, Saudi Arabia and Egypt joined the peace negotiations.

39.   Murphy urged them to join the negotiations, saying talking threatened nobody.

40.   Officials raised the possibility that Arafat and former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres would join negotiations, perhaps in a separate session.