61.   The talks have been proceeding sporadically in the Netherlands, where rebel leaders live.

62.   The threat of arrest against opposition politicians that participated in antigovernment street demonstrations after the election must also be removed before talks can proceed, he added.

63.   Turkey has threatened to take steps toward integrating Turkish Cyprus, which already uses the Turkish currency, if the Cyprus-EU talks proceed.

64.   U.S. officials, including Talbott, were just as terse, and refused to comment on how the talks had proceeded.

65.   While Rabuka said informal coalition talks were proceeding, Reddy said formal talks were urgently needed.

66.   Zacaria Candao, governor of Maguindanao province, appealed to President Fidel Ramos to stop the military operations to allow the peace talks to proceed.

67.   He recently said the peace talks were not proceeding as fast as they should.

68.   He said that on that basis the talks could not proceed.

69.   Israel radio said Christopher had insisted that a ceasefire be in force before his arrival in the region, so talks would proceed in a calm atmosphere.

70.   But Trimble warned that his party would not let substantive talks proceed without the handing in or verifiable destruction of some paramilitary weapons soon after September.