1.   As former head of the Mainland Affairs Council, Siew oversaw unofficial bilateral talks between Taipei and Beijing and organized two summit meetings.

2.   But unofficial talks are going on with Yugoslav biologists and ecologists.

3.   Beilin had been involved in the Stockholm unofficial talks, Israeli Embassy spokesman Shlomo Morgan said.

4.   But other Stockholm-based members of the group met with the delegation for unofficial talks on Monday and more meetings are expected this week, TT said.

5.   Citing unidentified sources close to the talks, Kyodo said that the communist famine-struck state made the demand in unofficial talks last week.

6.   However, the NRD has no plans to go to that extent yet although they have held unofficial talks with the Immigration Department on this issue.

7.   Last month a delegation led by harbor masters from several major Chinese ports visited Taiwan to survey port facilities and hold unofficial talks on direct links.

8.   Seeking to nudge forward the Middle East peace process, Israelis and Palestinians opened unofficial talks Thursday on ways to bridge the main issues keeping them apart.

9.   South Korea held three rounds of unofficial talks with the North in Beijing last year.

10.   The Australian Associated Press reported from Canberra that Australia was holding unofficial talks about Pol Pot.