11.   She also condemned the suicide bombings that have cast teenagers as both murderers and victims and helped to shred Middle East peace prospects.

12.   Palestinian officials said such building plans hurt peace prospects.

13.   Palestinian officials accused Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of trying to topple Arafat and destroy peace prospects.

14.   Powell, who will also meet Sharon, has accused Israel of crippling peace prospects with settlement activity.

15.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Wednesday gave Arab leaders in North Africa a rundown on Mideast peace prospects following his summit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

16.   Peace prospects were boosted on Christmas Eve when the rebels delared a monthlong cease-fire, and the government agreed to participate.

17.   Peace prospects dimmed Saturday when rebel Serbs boycotted internationally mediated talks with the Zagreb government on a peace settlement for Serb-held eastern Croatia.

18.   Peace prospects were boosted on Christmas Eve when the rebels declared a monthlong cease-fire, and the new government went along.

19.   A bomb exploded in a Dushanbe department store Friday, injuring one woman and raising new questions about peace prospects after eight previous blasts in the capital this month.

20.   A European negotiator, Carl Bildt, was skeptical about peace prospects.