1.   Efforts to arrange a ceasefire have failed.

2.   The United Nations said it had arranged a ceasefire between the government and Unita on Sunday night, but it was largely ignored.

3.   Sporadic shooting continued after nightfall in Ramallah until Israeli and Palestinian commanders met and arranged a ceasefire.

4.   A senior U.S. official told reporters Carter could prove helpful if he arranges a ceasefire.

5.   Diplomatic sources said Secretary of State Warren Christopher was likely to follow if Ross could arrange a ceasefire by interceding with Israeli, Syrian and Lebanese diplomats.

6.   He also urged his father, King Norodom Sihanouk, who is in Beijing seeking medical treatment for a variety of ailments, to help arrange a ceasefire.

7.   Meanwhile, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will try to arrange a ceasefire between Eritrea and Ethiopia, Eritrean foreign minister Haile Woldensae said Sunday in Cairo.

8.   Ranariddh urged his father, King Norodom Sihanouk, who is in Beijing seeking medical treatment for a variety of ailments, to help arrange a ceasefire.

9.   French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette arrived in Damascus on the latest leg of his peace efforts and said he was confident a ceasefire could be arranged soon.

10.   French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette already was in the Middle East trying to arrange a ceasefire.