81.   Dozens of Israeli and Syrian delegates have for the first time joined the talks, enabling the two sides to address the technical issues before them.

82.   Diplomats from the four other countries are expected to join the talks with Muslim and Croat leaders in Munich this weekend.

83.   EU finance ministers and central banks governors will join the talks Sunday.

84.   Ethnic Albanians may hesitate to join the talks, awaiting NATO action.

85.   Environment ministers join the talks Thursday, launching what Pronk hopes will be the final phase of negotiations on a package of measures for implementing the Kyoto agreement.

86.   European Union and Russian officials were also to join the talks.

87.   Ethnic Albanian leaders have refused to join talks.

88.   Federal mediators have joined the talks, with the next negotiating session scheduled for Thursday.

89.   For a time Thursday, U.S. Ambassador Martin Indyk joined the talks on the troop withdrawal, a crucial issue in the future of Arab-Israeli peacemaking.

90.   For the past two weeks, the Albanians have refused to join talks without foreign mediation.