81.   South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki and U.N. special envoy Mohamed Sahnoun will mediate the talks.

82.   South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki and U.N. special envoy Mohamed Sahnoun were slated to mediate the talks, but the Zairian delegation had yet to arrive.

83.   South African President Nelson Mandela was also aboard the SAS Outeniqua, prepared to help mediate the talks.

84.   Switzerland and the United States are mediating the talks, which began Monday at the Buergenstock resort overlooking Lake Lucerne in central Switzerland.

85.   Talks were being mediated by United Nations, European Union and U.S. envoys.

86.   The Catholic Church had mediated talks between the government and the labor leaders, who were demanding pay increases to match inflation as well as wide-ranging economic reforms.

87.   The Americans have mediated talks with the Syrians and are currently trying to get deadlocked talks back on track.

88.   The Burundi delegation was expected to meet with former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, who is mediating the talks, to lodge an official protest.

89.   The group has sent peace missions to Afghanistan and mediated talks that ended a Muslim rebellion in the southern Philippines earlier this year.

90.   The Kurdish guerrilla leader has appealed to the EU to mediate peace talks.