21.   Arafat is pursuing broader public backing following bloody clashes between his police and Islamic activists opposed to negotiating peace with Israel.

22.   Assistant Secretary of State Edward Walker, testifying before the House subcommittee, said Arafat has yet to make visible moves toward negotiating peace.

23.   At the time, Milosevic was in Dayton, Ohio, negotiating peace in Bosnia.

24.   But as the primary victims of war, they are demanding a right to sit by the fighters in negotiating peace.

25.   But, in comments to Associated Press Television, Silajdzic insisted the international community should hold the Serbs to a deadline for negotiating peace, rather than buying time.

26.   Clandestine Khmer Rouge radio denied reports Monday that senior hardliners, including nominal leader Khieu Samphan, planned to join a dissident guerrilla faction negotiating peace with the government.

27.   Damascus believes the treaty has weakened its leverage in negotiating peace with Israel.

28.   Croatia made a last stab at negotiating peace Thursday but warned of imminent war.

29.   Diplomats may be banking on negotiating peace between Croatia and its breakaway Serb minority, but the people of Zagreb have already put their faith in war.

30.   Foreign Minister Shimon Peres argued holding onto the prisoners was unjustifiable when Israel was negotiating peace with their former guerrilla commanders.