1.   President Clinton mediated a truce between Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday, though have skirmishes continued.

2.   The Bush administration has avoided active involvement in seeking to mediate a truce between Israelis and Palestinians, in stark contrast to the intense prodding of former President Clinton.

3.   The leaflet also described the attack the final revenge for the killing of Ayyash and called on the Palestinian Authority to mediate a truce between Hamas and Israel.

4.   When his yakuza overlord orders Murakawa and his best lieutenants to mediate a truce between warring crime clans on the island of Okinawa, they smell a rat.

5.   Zinni, a retired Marine Corps general, was unable in two previous missions to mediate a truce.

6.   Annan has been meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in hopes of mediating a truce.

7.   Authorities in southern Russia mediated a truce Tuesday between Muslim villagers and members of a fundamentalist Islamic sect after a clash that left one man dead and three wounded.

8.   He said he spoke Wednesday morning with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is trying to mediate a truce.

9.   He said he spoke at length Wednesday morning with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is trying to mediate a truce.

10.   One approach that has had some success is for officials to arrange meetings between rival gangs and help mediate truces.