51.   U.N. officials said the chief U.N. mediator, Mohamed Sahnoun, had agreed to stay on in Libreville now that the two sides were finally talking.

52.   Venezuela had been a chief mediator in the peace talks, which collapsed after the FARC hijacked a domestic airliner and kidnapped a senator on board.

53.   Zambian President Frederick Chiluba is chief mediator between regional leaders seeking a cease-fire in the Congo war.

54.   Zambian President Frederick Chiluba is chief regional mediator in efforts to broker a cease fire in the eight-month Congolese civil war.

55.   Zambian President Frederick Chiluba, the chief African mediator, has called for another round of cease-fire talks in Lusaka, Zambia, later this month.

56.   Wolfgang Petritsch of Austria, who represents the European Union and is one of three chief mediators at the talks, said all this was part of pre-negotiation maneuvering.

57.   Zambian President Frederick Chiluba, the chief mediator in Congo, called for a meeting of African foreign ministers on Wednesday to prepare a draft cease-fire agreement.

58.   Zambian President Frederick Chiluba is the chief mediator for the one-day talks.

59.   Zambian President Frederick Chiluba, the chief mediator in the peace talks, plans to visit the three rebel parties after the Algiers meeting ends on Wednesday.

60.   Zambian President Frederick Chiluba is chief mediator in the conflict that has enveloped most of Central Africa.