Those talks adjourned in Washington last week and are supposed to resume in Rome, although no date has been set.

Before the talks adjourned, progress had been made on a settlement plan, said people close to the talks.

Normally, the talks would adjourn for more than a month over the Christmas and New Year's season.

The talks, in Washington, adjourned on July 1 with the parties described as still far apart on the core issues.

Around midnight, after the talks had adjourned for the day without a solution, however, Belgrade heard the explosions and antiaircraft fire.

Yesterday's talks lasted for about four hours and then adjourned until 9 o'clock this morning.

The talks, which both sides said grew heated, adjourned after about two hours this afternoon and are scheduled to resume Saturday.

The talks, which are closed to the press, started a week ago and adjourned last Friday.

Officials said the talks adjourned tonight and were scheduled to resume Wednesday.

The talks adjourned without a formal meeting.