51.   Calling the U.S. move to bring the case before the WTO unjustified, South Korea had been asking for direct negotiations with the United States instead.

52.   Christopher said the United States was strongly in favor of direct negotiations between Israel and Syria.

53.   CTRC plans to sponsor direct negotiations between buyers and sellers and to strengthen its trading force in New Zealand and Australia, according to the newspaper.

54.   Direct negotiations with him or his party can risk a scandal.

55.   Direct negotiations are scheduled to begin next month.

56.   Ethiopia rejects direct negotiations until Eritrea withdraws and has threatened to use force if it does not.

57.   Ethiopia rejects direct negotiations until Eritrea withdraws and threatened to use force if it did not.

58.   Gissin said Arab states should now enter into direct negotiations with Israel, perhaps at a follow-up conference to the Beirut gathering.

59.   Georgia and Abkhazia also pledged to continue direct negotiations with the assistance of Russia, the United Nations and other international organizations.

60.   Gunmen holding three U.N. military observers as hostages pushed Tuesday for direct negotiations with President Eduard Shevardnadze as the standoff entered its sixth day.