1.   Aitken turned down the peace bid, saying it would compromise his honor to meet with his tormentors, and he let the trial proceed.

2.   Palestinian officials said the raids were intended to sabotage a Saudi peace bid.

3.   Ato said the factions welcomed Aidid and Egal in the peace bid.

4.   Barak, meanwhile, likened this peace bid to clearing a minefield.

5.   Both the government and the rebels have also been engaging in a series of confidence-building measures in recent weeks to strengthen a Norwegian brokered peace bid.

6.   Both the government and the Tigers have engaged in a series of confidence-building measures in recent weeks to strengthen a Norwegian-brokered peace bid.

7.   Despite the peace bid, attacks occur almost daily.

8.   European mediators were reported to be in Serb-led Yugoslavia, seeking an answer from Serbia President Slobodan Milosevic on their latest peace bid.

9.   Kabila leaves after South African peace bid.

10.   Two similar peace bids, once carried out by Russia and one by Belarus, ended in failure.