21.   They were meeting two days after Christopher ended his second peace shuttle in two weeks between Israel and Syria in a bid to broker an accord.

22.   No ceasefire agreement was in sight late Wednesday afternoon despite efforts by elders to broker an accord.

23.   Sandor Meszaros, head of the OSCE mission which brokered the accord, said the prisoner exchange would take place Tuesday or Wednesday.

24.   The European Union stepped in to broker the accord, prompted by concerns that a unilateral secession by Montenegro could ignite another war in the Balkans.

25.   The European Union stepped in to broker the accord amid concerns that a unilateral secession by Montenegro could ignite another war in the Balkans.