1.   For those who can choose to leave for other countries, the question is whether to go far away when peace suddenly appears tantalizingly close.

2.   In the synagogue, where Jews, Muslims, Serbs and Croats mingled amid quiet conversation and mutual respect, peace appeared possible for a moment.

3.   Still, peace appears to be marching on.

4.   The peace he engineered appeared to be working.

5.   Peace appears to have taken hold in Sierra Leone.

6.   Peace appeared elusive as new fighting broke out in the southern Serbian province.

7.   But the peace appeared to have collapsed this month, and coup leader Maj. Johnny Paul Koroma blamed Kabbah.

8.   Congo peace appears to be in trouble as rebels say they will keep fighting.

9.   Despite isolated incidents of terrorism and bloodshed, the peace appears generally to be holding.

10.   In spite of the blast, the peace appeared stronger than ever, with Albanian rebels pledging in a disarmament pact with NATO to lay down their arms.