...breakthrough in relations between the two Koreas. Details were not made public. But before the meeting, South Korea's chief negotiator said the two Koreas should prosper through economic cooperation. He also said the summit should give top priority...

...the Abu Sayyaf would release the six Westerners, including two French television journalists, this weekend. But chief negotiator Robert Aventajado said the release would be delayed until after the return of a Libyan envoy on Monday, at the earliest...

...Philippine jungle, a government negotiator said. An Abu Sayyaf rebel commander telephoned to tell him the date, said chief negotiator Robert Aventajado. The commander, Ghalib "Robot" Andang, had said earlier the release would be Thursday or Friday...

...told deputies as they gathered for the final vote to release the payments. Otto Lambsdorff, the government's chief negotiator in the talks that began three years ago and stumbled over numerous financial and legal obstacles, also cautioned...

...assessment, the draft protocol would put national security and confidential business information at risk," said U.S. chief negotiator Donald A. Mahley, effectively killing nearly seven years of negotiations. The U.S. announcement as the sole...

...said Friday morning that he hadn't seen any of the six games. But he said he had been in contact with Jeff Pash, chief negotiator for the league, and hoped to resume negotiations as soon as possible. Most of the players saw no problems. "We...

...about 50-to-75 percent higher than the NFL's current offer, which doubles salaries by 2003. Tom Condon, the chief negotiator for the officials, said Friday he had been in contact with Jeff Pash, his NFL counterpart and hoped to negotiate...

...would be baseball's ninth since 1972. Since the start of negotiations in January, owners have replaced their chief negotiator, Paul Beeston, who resigned last week as baseball's chief operating officer. Management's delegation is now...

...would run from Minneapolis to St. Cloud. A last-minute vote on the issue failed. Sen. Keith Langseth, the chief negotiator for the Senate, and his counterpart in the House, Rep. Jim Knoblach, both had supported the rail line and were...

...security guards." "Thug tactics will not work with this union," said Jim Spinosa, the union's president and chief negotiator. Peter Hurtgen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, said the armed guards were a breach...