1.   Prices were lifted after budget negotiators in Washington cancelled meetings today and delayed talks aimed at reaching a balanced-budget agreement.

2.   They began peace talks aimed at bringing an end to the civil war.

3.   ...talks aimed at ending four decades of conflict.

4.   ...talks aimed at ending the war.

5.   The NLD and the UNLD held talks during July aimed at achieving a measure of unity in their opposition to military rule.

6.   Meanwhile, talks aimed at resuming US military supplies continued with US Defence Department officials in Islamabad and Washington.

7.   But, they added, they have to be prepared for worst-case scenarios, even as peace talks are supposedly aiming to end the conflict entirely.

8.   Clinton will be pressing his fellow summiteers for a new round of trade talks aimed at further opening their markets.

9.   Earlier this month the government and union representatives held talks aimed at preventing strikes.

10.   Fresh talks will aim, for a start, at a six-month ceasefire.