31.   After the announcement both Sharon and Arafat made gestures intended to signal their readiness to resume peace talks.

32.   After years of stalemate with violence between Zapatista supporters and right-wing paramilitary groups, the rebels announced this week their willingness to resume peace talks.

33.   Ahtisaari is scheduled to resume talks with US and Russian officials on Tuesday.

34.   Both sides have contacted an Ontario government mediator to say they are ready to resume talks.

35.   Both sides promised to resume talks within three months in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, according to a communique issued at the end of the session.

36.   Bush ruled out resuming the talks begun in the Clinton administration, pending the policy review.

37.   Bush should assess the progress made by his predecessor and then offer to resume talks aimed at completing a verifiable missile agreement.

38.   But both sides said later that there were no plans to resume talks Saturday.

39.   But Bush told Kim he would not resume talks with the North any time soon.

40.   But China says it is still not ready to resume WTO talks with the United States.