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

52.   The negotiations have been stalled over the question of opposition participation in Tajik politics, and the makeup of a national reconciliation commission.

53.   The United States denied Monday that it is stalling international negotiations on reducing greenhouse gases as environmentalists have charged.

54.   The withdrawal and elections were originally supposed to take place by last summer, but negotiations have been stalled by a series of deadly bombings by Islamic militants.

55.   U.S. peace envoy Robert Frasure remained in Belgrade but sources close to the talks with Milosevic said negotiations were stalled.

56.   U.S. envoy Robert Frasure remained in Belgrade, but sources close to the talks with Milosevic, who effectively rules Yugoslavia, said negotiations were stalled.

57.   He said the negotiations were notably stalled over guarantees demanded by Russia on the rights of retired Russian military officers in Estonia.

58.   Human bombs have caused negotiations to be stalled.

59.   Australian officials said negotiations were stalled because the EU was insisting that its human rights clause was non-negotiable.

60.   But it was also seen as snub of Patten, whose pro-democracy campaign in the colony in the runup to the handover has angered Cinese officials and stalled negotiations.