41.   With the rise in tension, the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot authorities have agreed to indirect military talks under UN auspices and scheduled for this week.

42.   Lafrai and his Pakistani counterpart, Najmuddin Sheikh, are in Tehran to engage in indirect trilateral talks aimed at settling the Afghan problem.

43.   Ministers were encouraged by the decision by Kabila to go on Monday to South Africa, joining Mobutu representatives in indirect talks mediated by President Nelson Mandela.

44.   Representatives of rival Afghan factions failed to reach a ceasefire accord after a week of indirect talks here, an Iranian foreign ministry official said Wednesday.

45.   Pro-Saudi factions, headed by Yunes Khales and Rassul Sayaf have refused to join the indirect talks taking place behind closed doors.

46.   Sabah and a number of other newspapers said Erbakan could be planning to open indirect talks with the PKK through Nacar, sparking a controversy in the government.

47.   Tensions have eased in relations between Pakistan and the Afghan government following indirect talks in Tehran, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Allaeddin Borujerdi said Monday.

48.   The official said that indirect talks between the Taliban and Kabul were continuing through the intermediary of a powerful neutral political group based in the eastern city of Jalalabad.