91.   While a diplomatic solution was looking better and better, at this point it still seemed a long stretch, administration officials said.

92.   While the United States contemplates military action against Serbia, it continues to press for a diplomatic solution.

93.   Primakov said the potential for a diplomatic solution was far from exhausted, the Interfax news agency reported.

94.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced concern Monday that the emerging diplomatic solution to the Gulf crisis would not eradicate the Iraqi threat against Israel.

95.   Prospects for a diplomatic solution appeared bleak.

96.   Powell has urged the South Asian rivals to find a diplomatic solution to their monthlong standoff.

97.   A diplomatic solution to the Kosovo crisis remains elusive.

98.   A credible threat of military force is a prerequisite for a diplomatic solution of the crisis in Kosovo, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday.

99.   A GCC source in the Saudi capital Riyadh, said the foreign ministers will try to work out a diplomatic solution to the crisis.

100.   A last-ditch effort to reach a diplomatic solution was planned for Monday, and NATO has warned Milosevic that military action could begin within hours of receiving the go-ahead.