1.   FoxMeyer executives declined to say whether any of those companies have made an offer, although they confirmed holding talks with potential buyers for several months.

2.   Primakov decided to return to Moscow rather than face the embarrassing prospects of holding talks in Washington while NATO bombs Serbia, a close Russian ally.

3.   The airline is still holding mediated talks with the Transport and General Workers Union, which represents about three-quarters of its cabin crew, to resolve a pay dispute.

4.   FC Barcelona confirmed Friday it was holding talks with AC Milan in a bid to snap up Dutch forward Patrick Kluivert a day before the Spanish league starts.

5.   Franks was holding talks with Pakistani officials in Islamabad Monday morning before traveling to Bagram, officials said.

6.   He has an increasingly high profile, holding talks with U.S. President George W. Bush last month.

7.   In Sarajevo, meanwhile, Serb shells hit the Bosnian presidency building as European Union mediator Carl Bildt was holding talks with Izetbegovic.

8.   Netanyahu has proposed holding accelerated talks on a final peace agreement, perhaps capped by Camp David-style negotiations between him and Arafat.

9.   Sison said holding talks in the Philippines would break an agreement stipulating neutral territory for peace talks.

10.   The acting chief of the Nevinnomyssk police department was shot while holding talks with the hijackers, said the Federal Security Service in Stavropol.