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Thu 11 Nov 2002Governments hope talks can create trustThe British and Irish governments hope that the multi-party talks at Parliament Buildings, Stormont today will at the very least create the potential for the parties building trust that ultimately would lead to a political breakthrough.Neither of the chairmen of the talks, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, and the Northern Secretary, Mr Paul Murphy, is expecting any sort of political resolution today, but they believe the negotiations could lay the foundations for future progress.