11.   On his first full day in office, Sharon said he would be willing to meet Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for peace negotiations -- if the current violence ends.

12.   Sharon has said he will not negotiate until violence ends but has offered no plan for negotiation.

13.   The announcement came after Sinn Fein, the political arm of the Irish Republican Army, issued a declaration saying violence must end.

14.   The violence ended only after dozens of men had been murdered or executed and labor activity had been crushed by troops, private police and spies.

15.   The violence has not ended.

16.   The violence ended, and the prime minister, an unelected former army general, resigned in disgrace.

17.   Will all violence end tomorrow?

18.   Peres urged Arafat to rein in extremists and offered to restart peace talks only after the violence has ended.

19.   Other party leaders, however, said they wanted the violence to end.