31.   The president of the National Assembly said representatives from Muslim and Catholic associations had allied with lawmakers to propose talks, Lusa said.

32.   The president of the National Assembly, Malan Sanha, said representatives from Muslim and Catholic associations had allied with lawmakers to propose talks, Lusa reported.

33.   The Russian president has proposed indirect talks with Dudayev and other Chechen leaders.

34.   The South Korean Red Cross proposed talks with its North Korean counterpart to hand over two North Korean men found dead Thursday in the downstream Imjin.

35.   The South Korean Red Cross on Saturday proposed talks with its North Korean counterpart to discuss giving more food aid to the hunger-stricken communist state.

36.   The talks were proposed last week when rebel leader Laurent Kabila flew to Cape Town to meet with President Nelson Mandela to discuss a meeting between the two leaders.

37.   U.N. and U.S. envoys who hastened to the region Monday apparently persuaded rebel Serbs to propose talks with Croatian leaders.

38.   Washington and Seoul last month proposed talks with North Korea and China to negotiate a permanent peace treaty.

39.   Vieira proposed talks with Mane last Wednesday when he announced a government cease-fire after fighting had erupted four days earlier.

40.   Yeltsin proposed crisis talks next week.