11.   But the details that turn this broad agreement into a permanent peace must still be worked out.

12.   But the desire to build a Jewish consensus in favor of any permanent peace settlement could exclude the Arab bloc, analysts say.

13.   But the incursions heightened the sense of urgency to replace the armistice with a more permanent peace.

14.   Clinton stressed to the political gathering that he held no view as to how a permanent peace should be constructed.

15.   Doing so can be a first step toward rebuilding the trust that will be needed to negotiate a more permanent peace.

16.   Each of the competing parties tried to present itself as the best guarantor of a permanent peace in the three-province Basque region.

17.   Erekat said that Israel should first make a commitment to freeze settlement activity, to ease blockades and economic restrictions on the Palestinians and to negotiate a permanent peace.

18.   For several months now, the prospect of a permanent peace in Northern Ireland has looked bleak.

19.   Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has said that the spread of democracy around the world fundamentally enhanced the prospects for permanent peace.