With Leaders Back in Mix, N.H.L. Talks Last 9 Hours
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The N.H.L. and its locked-out players union negotiated again on Thursday at a hotel in Manhattan to try to save a season on the brink of cancellation.
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Representatives for National Hockey  League owners and locked-out players will resume talks in a bid  to save the rest of the season, a players' union official has  said.
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Two key meetings take place as efforts intensify to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
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North and South Korea resumed high-level meetings Tuesday for the first time since the North tested a nuclear bomb in October
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The Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Sunday held their second summit in less than a month, prodded by U.S. officials to continue their fledgling dialogue.
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Envoys seeking to end North Korea&#39;s  nuclear arms ambitions decided to extend talks into Friday as  they tried to reach agreement on a deadline for disabling the  North&#39;s atomic facilities.
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With the season on the brink of being canceled, negotiations resumed Thursday in New York and lasted for about five hours. There were no immediate details released.
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An NHL lockout that's already nine weeks old won't end anytime soon unless owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players' union.
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(CP) - NHL talks ended Wednesday after nearly five hours at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, with the promise to meet again.
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Thursday&#39;s collective bargaining meeting between the NHL and NHLPA lasted only four hours, but it&#39;s still unknown if anything came out of it to save the 2004-05 season.
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Representatives of the National Hockey League and its players union met for five hours on Wednesday and will meet again on Thursday in Toronto.
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Negotiators worked through the final day of a two-week UN conference Friday in search of a way to bring the United States back into long-term talks on controlling global warming.
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NEW YORK  The league and the players association moved no closer to a collective-bargaining agreement during a five-hour meeting yesterday. In fact, the sides even took a bit of a detour.
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Talks will resume next Thursday between the National Hockey League and the Players&#39; Association (NHLPA) in an attempt to end the existing lockout and salvage the season.
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The catalyst for the resumption of talks this week between NHL management and the players' association has told his union brethren to be prepared for the lockout to last well into next season.
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Talks involving the British and Irish governments and the northern parties continue at Leeds Castle in Kent today. The first day of discussions aimed at restoring power sharing in the North adjourned late last night.
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The NHL and the players' association are talking again. With the season on the brink of being canceled, negotiations resumed late Thursday afternoon in New York and lasted for about five hours before breaking up shortly after 9 p.m. There were no immediate details released.