1.   ...the most crucial stage of his latest peace mission.

2.   At this stage EC monitors admitted that their peace mission had failed.

3.   A peace mission by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell ended Wednesday without producing a cease-fire or a straightforward Israeli timetable for withdrawal from the West Bank.

4.   Against that background, the Bush administration claimed some success for the Powell peace mission.

5.   But it also called on the United Nations to send a peace mission to protect the refugees, and at the same time save Kisangani.

6.   But Nash reiterated that the operation is not an invasion, but a peace mission, and said he is more interested in crossing the river safely than quickly.

7.   Colin Powell continues his peace mission.

8.   Despite the peace mission, NATO granted no letup in its campaign of air strikes, while its leaders moved to keep the ground-war option open.

9.   Even if someone were to call for a U.S. peace enforcement mission, the prospects look as likely as a flying aircraft carrier.

10.   Fighting between Israel and the Palestinians diminished Thursday as Secretary of State Colin L. Powell arrived in Jerusalem on a critical peace mission.