71.   But the momentum for peace fell apart when the Bougainville Revolutionary Army refused to attend peace talks on the island a few weeks later.

72.   But Hutu rebels have refused to endorse the agreement and have not attended peace talks.

73.   But the two ecologist parties represented in parliament refused to attend the talks, claiming mainstream parties were trying to maintain the status quo.

74.   But the rebels, who plan to attend the talks outside Paris, say they will demand a guarantee on a vote for independence in three years.

75.   But no Serb military attended those talks, and the absence of their acquiescence usually dooms any agreement.

76.   But representatives from the militant Kosovo Liberation Army did not attend the talks.

77.   Buyoya said he thought the FNl rebels would attend the talks in the end.

78.   But the Kuril issue itself was not mentioned, according to Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, who attended the talks.

79.   Cabinet members from the former British colonies of Australia, Canada, Jamaica, Kenya, South Africa were attending the talks.

80.   But the rebels, who are demanding a separate homeland for minority Tamils, recently announced it would not attend talks until the ban against them was lifted.