111.   The two were supposed to meet Friday in Kampala, Uganda to agree on a common negotiating position.

112.   The underdog for most of the war against better-armed Serbs backed by Serbia, the government has made gains lately that put it in a stronger negotiating position.

113.   There was also a lack of transparency and not enough flexibility in negotiating positions, he said.

114.   This would rob the Palestinians of important leverage since Syria has refused to coordinate negotiating positions.

115.   Though Bonino declined to reveal her negotiating position, her spokesman hinted that it would propose less drastic catch reductions than those sought by Rabat.

116.   With no cease-fire in effect, the FARC has carried out several bloody offensives seen as attempts to bolster its negotiating position.

117.   Another Palestinian negotiator, Hannan Asfour, rejected Israeli charges that the Palestinian side was stalling in the talks in hopes of improving their negotiating position.

118.   As their agricultural sectors vary widely, the six countries did not try to set a common negotiating position.

119.   Assad accused Arafat of breaking Arab ranks and weakening their negotiating position by signing a separate deal with the Jewish state and from then on shunned the PLO leader.

120.   Bulgaria appears not to be in a strong negotiating position.