51.   He spoke over the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the Interfax news agency reported.

52.   He spoke over the phone with Primakov about the need to quickly appoint a successor to Prosecutor General Yuri Skuratov, presidential spokesman Dmitry Yakushkin said.

53.   He spoke over the weekend to the leftist Liberation newspaper.

54.   In Jerusalem, Israeli Cabinet minister Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, speaking over army radio, said the talks would be difficult, but some rapprochement is possible.

55.   Minutes after the rebels made their statement, they allowed one of the hostages, identified as Peruvian Foreign Minister Francisco Tudela, to speak over the radio.

56.   Powell also spoke over the weekend with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.

57.   She had spoken over the weekend with both Barak and Arafat.

58.   Several kidnap victims said they were kept in a dark room, where they could hear their captors talking like soldiers as they spoke over radios.

59.   She asked Sabaya to repeat his words, straining to hear as he spoke over a crackling satellite phone from a jungle hide-out.

60.   Speaking over a local radio station, Robles urged the escapees to return, warning they could be charged as illegal aliens if they get caught.