31.   They called for a fresh peace bid from the government and issued an indirect warning to those condemning them.

32.   UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali meanwhile is set to propose a regional peace bid.

33.   Two previous peace bids too had collapsed leading to more violence.

34.   Wickremesinghe left Colombo early Saturday for a five-day visit to Belgium and Britain to drum up support for a Norwegian-backed peace bid in the island.

35.   Northern forces shelled Aden and fierce fighting raged just north of the city on Monday after a UN peace bid failed.

36.   On Saturday, Adams addresses hundreds of Sinn Fein supporters at a specially called delegate conference of the party to assess the present status of the peace bid.

37.   Ratwatte held talks with frontline soldiers and field commanders and announced that the military will be involved in the latest peace bid.

38.   She won international acclaim for her peace bids while the Tigers were bitterly criticised.

39.   Sri Lankan security forces Tuesday kept up limited operations against Tamil Tiger guerrillas as the government called for minority Tamil support for its peace bid, defence officials said.

40.   Tamil civilians here told visiting journalists that they hoped the latest peace bid would bring results unlike previous attempts which ended disastrously and led to more violence.