81.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat opened talks with Jordanian officials Tuesday on Israeli troop withdrawals from rural areas of the West Bank and the final shape of the Palestinian territories.

82.   President Pierre Buyoya, a retired major who seized power in a coup last year, has opened talks with CNDD representatives and promised to restore order in Burundi.

83.   Petersen, who envisions a Conservative-led coalition, said it was time to open talks on forming a government.

84.   Pique said EU ambassadors would continue to try to find consensus between EU governments on whether to open trade talks with Iran in the weeks ahead.

85.   Police have surrounded the house in a mountainous area and opened talks with the hostage taker, the network reported.

86.   Polish anesthesiologists, striking since Friday for better pay and working conditions, appealed to the government on Wednesday to open talks that could end their nationwide walkout.

87.   A day after overthrowing the government, coup leaders opened talks with leaders of political parties Wednesday and invited the imprisoned president to help form a ruling junta.

88.   A day earlier, the Tajik opposition had stormed out of peace negotiations with the hard-line government after Kozyrev opened the talks by threatening to send in Russian troops.

89.   A day after overthrowing the government, coup leaders opened talks with political parties Wednesday and invited the imprisoned president to help form a ruling junta.

90.   A decision to open talks with Malta is up to the EU government leaders when they meet in Cologne, Germany, in early in June.