81.   On their return, the envoys pleaded with Algerian authorities for more transparency.

82.   Robinson said contacts with Algerian authorities continue with a view to sending a U.N. special human rights investigator to the country.

83.   Rather than a full probe, the United Nations is working behind the scenes to persuade Algerian authorities to allow in two experts on executions and torture.

84.   Soares, in a telephone interview Monday with The Associated Press in Lisbon, suggested that Algerian authorities may have a say in setting the agenda.

85.   So far, Algerian authorities had yet to approve requests by the delegation to tour violence-prone areas.

86.   The Berbers, who demand more rights and democracy, have had strained relations with Algerian authorities for decades.

87.   The EU has proposed sending diplomatic missions to Algeria before, only to be rebuffed by Algerian authorities hostile to what they see as foreign interference in domestic affairs.

88.   The government said Saturday it is investigating reports that an Algerian asylum-seeker deported last month was killed after Algerian authorities took him into custody on his return.

89.   The organization noted that Algerian authorities blame the massacres on the Armed Islamic Group, known as the GIA by its French initials.

90.   The killing coincided with an announcement Tuesday by Algerian authorities that negotiations with Salvation Front leaders to end the crisis had failed.