51.   U.S. negotiators hope those will lead to an international peace conference in Paris.

52.   U.S. negotiators hope to use the time for talks leading to an international peace conference in Paris.

53.   Government negotiators hope to resume preliminary talks with MILF officials next month.

54.   It poses bureaucratic problems -- such as the name for the Macedonian office in Athens -- which negotiators hope to broach when they meet next week.

55.   Negotiators had hoped that the Davao talks would resolve remaining problems.

56.   Negotiators here hope to wrap up the discussions later Saturday but added that the meetings could extend through Sunday if the issue remained unresolved.

57.   Russian and Chechen peace negotiators hope to sign a political accord Thursday after extending talks by a further day, a member of the Russian delegation said here Wednesday.

58.   That in turn poses bureaucratic issues which negotiators hope to resolve in a raft of talks on the theme beginning next week.