21.   Arranging those talks has been the goal of American and European diplomacy.

22.   APTV also has crews with Russian troops, the Russian delegation hoping to arrange talks, and in Grozny town itself.

23.   Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres have been attempting to arrange truce talks for nearly three weeks, but the daily violence has undermined the efforts.

24.   CIA Director George Tenet would come to the area soon, probably next week, to try to arrange the talks, officials in Washington said.

25.   Chris Hill, the U.S. ambassador to Macedonia who has been shuttling between Pristina and Belgrade to help arrange the talks, warned that the situation was getting worse.

26.   Despite the fighting, the two sides pressed on with efforts to arrange truce talks, but no time and place were set.

27.   Earlier Monday, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said he would press to arrange truce talks with Arafat, despite the violent weekend.

28.   Eighteen years after breaking diplomatic relations, the United States has asked U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to arrange face-to-face talks with Libya, U.S. officials said Thursday.

29.   Eighteen years after breaking off diplomatic relations, the United States has asked U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to arrange face-to-face talks with Libya, U.S. officials said Thursday.

30.   Escalating violence provides a grim backdrop to the continuing efforts of shuttling U.S. envoys to arrange talks between the Serbs and Albanians, with no sign of compromise evident.