31.   Her victory came with strong support from Tamil-speaking Hindus after she promised to open peace talks with the separatist Tiger militants.

32.   He was smart to listen to alarmed Republican elders and open talks with the presidential debate commission about meeting Vice President Al Gore.

33.   House and Senate negotiators are scheduled to open talks on sweeping revisions to U.S. farm policy next Tuesday, a leading lawmaker on farm policy said.

34.   I suspect the United States has already asked Swiss intermediaries to explore with Iran how to open talks.

35.   In Pale, the Serbs offered Wednesday to open international talks on releasing U.N. troops they are holding hostage across Bosnia.

36.   In the meantime, Turner had turned to Hollywood, opening talks with studios about starting a fourth network.

37.   In response to their increasingly grave condition, President Ernesto Zedillo ordered top officials to open emergency talks with the protesters.

38.   In Washington, a senior administration official insisted that Zinni remained prepared to open parallel talks on political issues the minute the parties took serious steps toward a cease-fire.

39.   India would probably lose much of that leverage if it reduced its military presence along the border or opened talks, political analysts say.

40.   It is a subject now under scrutiny at the United Nations, where diplomats opened talks last week on extending the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.