1.   For two weeks, U.S. diplomats and regional leaders have been shuttling between the countries in a frantic effort to foster peace talks.

2.   His popularity fosters talk that he is a viable presidential candidate.

3.   The mark was also undermined as Bundesbank officials fostered talk rates could fall further and said the dollar had scope to rise further against the mark.

4.   U.S. diplomats fostering the talks offer a hopeful, yet sober assessment of the future.

5.   President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced a cease-fire with the largest group of Muslim separatists in the southern Philippines on Tuesday in an effort to foster peace talks.

6.   Arroyo declared a unilateral cease-fire with the MILF last month to foster talks with the group.

7.   Mandela, who tried to mediate a peaceful handover of power in the former Zaire, currently is involved in fostering talks to resolve conflict in East Timor.

8.   The anticipated truce is supposed to foster peace talks in the United States in late October, leading to a peace conference in Paris.

9.   The anticipated cease-fire is supposed to foster peace talks in the United States in late October, leading to an international peace conference in Paris.

10.   The truce is supposed to foster peace talks in the United States in late October, leading to a peace conference in Paris.