1.   The collapsing peace process took with it the Labor government of Edud Barak and carried Sharon into office in a landslide.

2.   The collapsing peace process took with it the Labor government of Ehud Barak and carried Sharon into office in a landslide.

3.   The region has been left on the edge of a precipice between a collapsing peace and what many fear could be an all-out war.

4.   Palestinian protesters burned a U.S. flag Wednesday, and officials said they were skeptical about efforts by U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to rescue the collapsing Mideast peace.

5.   Among the most critical issues in the collapsing peace process is whether Arafat will declare a separate Palestinian state.

6.   Palestinian protesters burned a U.S. flag Wednesday and officials said they were skeptical about efforts by U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to rescue the collapsing Mideast peace.

7.   With Israeli-Palestinian relations at their lowest point in years, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrived in Israel Wednesday hoping to rescue the collapsing peace process.

8.   Top Palestinian negotiator Mahmud Abbas was heading to Washington Tuesday for urgent talks with US officials on the collapsing peace process, a PLO spokesman here said.

9.   Top Palestinian negotiator Mahmud Abbas was preparing a visit to Washington Tuesday for urgent talks with US officials on the collapsing peace process, a PLO spokesman here said.