41.   A complicated process is expected to unfold in the international political arena concerning the composition and progress of an Afghan peace conference.

42.   A regional peace conference was first proposed by Sharon on Sunday, but the idea remained vague.

43.   Both men called for a peace conference of central and east African nations.

44.   Bush administration officials said the president and the crown prince had discussed holding an international peace conference but did not come to a conclusion.

45.   Bush has suggested holding an international peace conference in the summer, and called for the rebuilding and reform of the Palestinian Authority.

46.   Bush may also propose some kind of peace conference, perhaps linked to the opening of the U.N. General Assembly in September.

47.   Bruton is pushing for a Bosnia-style peace conference, at which all parties could talk through intermediaries.

48.   Bush on Monday sought to play down expectations for an early Middle East peace conference.

49.   But at the last minute, squabbling broke out among the rebel groups at the peace conference and they walked away without signing.

50.   But optimism surrounding the American-engineered Rambouillet peace conference in February led the U.N. to slash its stockpile dedicated to a potential Kosovo crisis.