11.   While the violence has subsided in recent days, Palestinian guerrillas Tuesday killed an Israeli officer and wounded three others near the West Bank town of Nablus.

12.   While the violence subsided, tensions remained high.

13.   Powell urged the Palestinians to assert control over elements in the Palestinian movement so that violence can subside.

14.   President Bill Clinton said the talks had not made as much progress as he had hoped, but he expressed confidence that violence would subside.

15.   Powell said he is in frequent touch with both leaders and that when the violence subsides, peace-making diplomacy can pick up speed.

16.   After the initial violence subsided, policemen beat demonstrators with clubs and batons and fired more tear gas, witnesses said.

17.   After the violence subsided, hundreds went back onto the streets scavenging what they could from the ashes of burned-out stores.

18.   After the violence subsided, hundreds went back onto the streets, looting burned-out and abandoned stores and raiding empty houses.

19.   Anti-riot police were sent to the clash sites Monday afternoon, and the violence subsided.

20.   As violence subsided in Palestinian areas, diplomats sought to arrange a meeting between the Palestinian and Israeli leaders.