41.   Negotiations have been stalled for months.

42.   Syrian-Israeli peace negotiations already are stalled and a confrontation would dim the chances of achieving a settlement.

43.   Syrian-Israeli peace negotiations are stalled and a confrontation would hurt the chances of achieving a settlement.

44.   The agreement was to have been reached last week, but negotiations are stalled over the location of an interim withdrawal from the West Bank.

45.   Syrian-Israeli peace negotiations are stalled and a confrontation would dim the chances of achieving a settlement.

46.   Syrian-Israeli negotiations have been stalled for months.

47.   The final status negotiations have been stalled since the election last May of right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

48.   The government crisis stalled negotiations between Irish and British officials on setting up a framework for peace talks involving all parties in Northern Ireland.

49.   The negotiations have been stalled by disagreements over the scope of a Muslim autonomous region.

50.   The issue has stalled previous negotiations and sabotaged previous cease-fire agreements.