61.   The share-swap deal forms the first of a two-part exercise which will upon completion see a third party brought into the alliance.

62.   Without such a majority, Netanyahu would either have to call early elections or try to bring other parties into his coalition.

63.   Five years ago, similar informal talks at Arniston east of Cape Town brought together parties on either side of the Northern Ireland divide.

64.   He refused to specify what parties he might bring into the government, and said his goals would be to reduce the budget deficit, inflation and unemployment.

65.   As the talks concluded, he brought the parties together on the crucial issue of dividing Bosnia among the Serbs, Croats and Moslems.

66.   But behind-the-scenes talks were still underway to possibly bring the party back into the fold after the measures passed their second and third readings, commentators said.

67.   But both Mayhew and Spring said Wednesday they remained committed to achieving an agreement which would see all parties brought to the negotiating table.

68.   But efforts to bring the parties together have foundered on a Serb refusal to accept the broad outlines of an international peace plan for Bosnia.

69.   The move brings the party into direct conflict with the government, which insisted despite the set-back that its commitment to reduced spending was intact.

70.   Opponents should not feel threatened because claimants mainly aimed to bring concerned parties to the bargaining table.