41.   The fighting ended when other members of the quarrelsome anti-Taliban alliance negotiated a temporary truce.

42.   The latest raid came only a day after Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said he hoped to resume contact with senior Israeli officials to try and negotiate a truce.

43.   The Liberty Times, a Taiwanese newspaper, reported Tuesday that after the election the government would dispatch a senior-level official to negotiate a truce with China.

44.   The miners, who are demanding eight months worth of unpaid wages, negotiated a truce Tuesday, agreeing to allow enough coal through to keep the plant running.

45.   The poll was released on the eve of an anticipated Wednesday meeting between Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, aimed at negotiating a truce.

46.   The truce was negotiated Tuesday by a government team and Tamil Tiger negotiators in the rebel stronghold of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka.

47.   The truce was negotiated Tuesday in the guerrilla stronghold of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka.

48.   Tuesday afternoon, the warring parties agreed to lift the blackout, extend the deadline and negotiate a truce.

49.   U.S. envoys negotiated a truce four weeks ago, but clashes and killings have resumed.

50.   U.S. officials tried to negotiate a truce so foreigners could safely flee, but fighting forced the French to curtail its evacuation activities midday.