31.   Russian Leader Boris Yeltsin has met John Major for arms and economy talks in Downing Street.

32.   Talks in Whitehall aimed at restoring trade union rights to thousands of workers have collapsed after months of secret negotiations.

33.   JOHN Major is ready to personally intervene to break the deadlock over political talks in Ulster.

34.   Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa carried a new version of an announcement on recognition with him when he returned home from hastily-arranged talks in Israel.

35.   THE shadow of loyalist paramilitary killings today hung over the latest Anglo-Irish talks in London as Ministers struggled to chart a fresh path to political talks.

36.   Management at Caldaire bus company held top level talks in a bid to remove a clause which has stalled negotiations on the Grange Road site in Darlington.

37.   OIL PRICES drifted down yesterday as leading oil producers struggled to find a compromise on production levels after three days of talks in Vienna.

38.   He said his self-proclaimed republic would send a team to peace talks in New York but he would not be heading it.

39.   He also wants the Palestinians to accept a compromise and agree to return to the talks in Washington in April.