1.   Dole blamed the impasse on Clinton, also accusing him of basing his budget strategy on poll results.

2.   The president, who also wants gun buyers to be licensed, blamed the impasse on the pro-gun lobby, headed by the National Rifle Association.

3.   It blamed the impasse in part on the Jewish settlers whose presence in Hebron pushed Israel to renege on its promise to withdraw from the city by last March.

4.   NATO spokesman Lt. Col. Robin Clifford blamed the impasse on political issues but did not elaborate.

5.   Netanyahu, emerging earlier from separate talks with Blair and British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, blamed the impasse on the Palestinians.

6.   Netanyahu, emerging from separate talks with Blair and British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, blamed the impasse on the Palestinians.

7.   Syria has long blamed the impasse in the peace process on Israel.

8.   The Palestinians were the latest to back out, blaming the impasse in negotiations with the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

9.   The PLO blamed the impasse on Israel and said it would seek Arab and international intervention to put pressure on the Jewish state.