"We need to get involved in urgent talks to try to move the situation out of the abyss that is facing us all at the moment."

Instead of the usual Muzak, however, there was talk, solemn and urgent.

At this very moment Krasin is conducting urgent talks on it in London.

The violence led to urgent new talks on Hebron, which are now reported to be near completion.

But the finding has worried council officers who now want urgent talks with Harwell.

Overtime and pay concern prompts call for urgent talks.

The unions were invited to urgent talks in a letter yesterday.

The union officials said they would seek urgent talks with management to try to persuade it to reverse the decision.

You've got to have this urgent talk.

The Nigerian government is holding urgent talks with union leaders to try to end the strikes before a threatened walk-out by oil sector workers.