71.   The city said it would initiate talks.

72.   The delegation is expected to raise concerns with Pastrana about the enormous jungle sanctuary he ceded them to initiate peace talks, a U.S. official in Washington said Thursday.

73.   The government had earlier initiated peace talks without preconditions.

74.   The government of President Fidel Ramos has initiated peace talks with the main Muslim rebel group, the Moro National Liberation Front.

75.   The government had earlier initiated peace talks with the guerrillas without any preconditions.

76.   The industry initiated talks in Kimberley, South Africa, last year on how to stop the illegal trade.

77.   The talks were initiated by a meeting in June between U.S. President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

78.   The tycoon hopes the widespread support for the movement will pressure the government to initiate peace talks with the rebels from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

79.   They said they initiated settlement talks with the government.

80.   U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke last week managed to initiate talks between the two bitterly opposed sides.