31.   The Israeli-Palestinian talks would last about a week.

32.   The Moscow talks lasted through the evening into Thursday morning and were to resume later.

33.   The talks lasted for three hours but neither side provided details on their contents.

34.   The talks lasted longer than expected, but there was no firm word of a sigficant shift by either side.

35.   The talks lasted more than three hours and involved officials of the German, Austrian and Finnish foreign ministries, a spokesman for the German Embassy in Beijing said.

36.   The talks lasted three hours, and Annan returned to his guest house without speaking to reporters.

37.   The talks lasted three hours.

38.   The talks lasted until this month.

39.   The talks lasted for six hours, according to Security Council spokesman Igor Ignatyev.

40.   The talks lasted longer than expected.