1.   However, it is ingenuous to suppose that peace process brokers do not have their strategic interests first and foremost in mind.

2.   A PAKISTANI peace broker won a ceasefire yesterday, apparently halting artillery battles between the Afghan government and guerrillas that have caused thousands of civilian casualties.

3.   A PAKISTANI peace broker won a ceasefire yesterday, apparently halting artillery battles in Kabul between the Afghan government and guerrillas that have caused thousands of civilian casualties.

4.   About a year ago, Milosevic began asking for the sanctions to be lifted, and offered himself as peace broker in Bosnia.

5.   But the controversy comes at a bad time for Israel and the chief Middle East peace broker, the United States.

6.   That would not only help the White House portray itself as an international peace broker.

7.   Peiris said the Norwegian peace brokers are trying to arrange dates for talks.

8.   Pressure on the former peace broker intensified when Larsen retreated into silence, refusing to talk to the news media last week,

9.   Assad also accused the United States of being a biased peace broker and said its definition of terrorism needs correcting.

10.   As part of a hoped-for deal, peace brokers are pressuring Milosevic to recognize Croatia and Bosnia.