61.   Diplomatic sources in Paris, meanwhile, said France was preparing to suspend high-level contacts with Iran.

62.   Western countries suspended all contacts, including military contacts, with China following the crackdown.

63.   News of the releases came as angry Bosnian Serbs reacted to the arrests by suspending all contacts with the Moslem-led Bosnian authorities.

64.   On Tuesday, the Serbs suspended contact with the federation.

65.   Talks between Israel and Syria broke down in February during a wave of bombings in Israel that prompted the former government of Shimon Peres to suspend contacts.

66.   The Bosnian Serbs are suspending all contact with the mainly-Moslem Bosnian government because their negotiators had been arrested, Serb radio said Tuesday.

67.   The decision sparked the wrath of the Palestinian Authority, which immediately suspended security contacts, without severing ties completely.

68.   The European Union on Tuesday agreed to suspend ministerial contacts with Iran as part of a package of limited diplomatic sanctions against the Islamic regime.