81.   LDP-Sakigake talks should be concluded by the beginning of next week, according to a high LDP official quoted by the leading economic daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

82.   Philippine and communist negotiators have agreed to exchange prisoners being held by both sides during recently concluded peace talks in the Netherlands, a rebel official said Thursday.

83.   Presidents Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin concluded talks at a two-day summit in Helsinki on Friday, officials said.

84.   The groundwork for these achievement is a deal cut with the Serbs by US peace envoy Richard Holbrooke who concluded marathon talks with the Serbs in Belgrade on Wednesday.

85.   The newspaper quoted the British company as saying that it planned to conclude talks with Elf shortly after the that meeting.

86.   The ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries made the announcement after concluding talks with Japanese apple growers.