1.   During the cold war, an informal truce kept American and KGB agents from killing each other.

2.   Palestinian police enforced an informal truce with Israel on Wednesday, patrolling hot spots, and both sides agreed to renew U.S.-hosted talks on resuming security coordination.

3.   Bertie Felstead, one of the last survivors of the informal Christmas truces between British and German soldiers during World War I, has died.

4.   Both Russian troops and Chechen rebels appeared to observe an informal truce.

5.   He made two trips to Chechnya last week to meet with the rebels and initiated an informal truce that eased fighting in Grozny.

6.   In Gaza City, Arafat said Monday that despite the latest delay, he would stick to the informal truce he declared last week.

7.   In declaring an informal truce last month, Arafat said he was making every effort to stop attacks on Israelis.

8.   Last week, Arafat announced an informal truce and ordered his security forces to prevent attacks on Israelis.

9.   Last week, Arafat announced an informal truce, and Israel agreed to halt offensive military operations.