41.   He said all European powers have an obligation to do more to end these conflicts and prevent others from breaking out.

42.   He was referring to the resolution that ended the conflict and made Kosovo a de facto U.N. protectorate for a time.

43.   I asked Powell if he would act to end the conflict.

44.   I asked Mrs. Meir for her views on what she thought was the key to ending the conflict between Arabs and Israelis.

45.   His relationship with former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin was considered crucial in the negotiations that ended the conflict in Kosovo earlier this year.

46.   If anything, an advance, locked-in provision for punishment makes it harder to end a conflict short of total victory.

47.   In Belgrade Tuesday, a foreign ministry official said Yugoslavia is ready to discuss a deal to end the conflict.

48.   In Washington and other capitals, political pressure has grown to end the conflict.

49.   Indonesia has threatened to begin an all-out offensive if an agreement to end the conflict is not reached before the current truce expires in mid-January.

50.   Instead, Milosevic set forth his own terms for ending the conflict, a proposal immediately rejected by the United States.