1.   Clinton directed his senior Middle East mediator, Dennis Ross, to keep talking to Israeli and Palestinian negotiators.

2.   Twelve people, including a senior international mediator and five Americans, were killed, Western diplomats said.

3.   Parallel efforts are being made in the region by senior U.S. mediator Dennis B. Ross.

4.   A U.N. helicopter with senior international mediator Gerd Wagner of Germany on board crashed Wednesday in central Bosnia, police and international officials said.

5.   Albright and Dennis B. Ross, the senior U.S. mediator, arranged a Friday night dinner with Ben-Ami at a hotel near the White House.

6.   Also, Krajisnik said he would oppose any broadening of the mandate for the most senior international mediator in Bosnia, known as the High Representative.

7.   And Dennis B. Ross, the senior U.S. mediator, also met with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators.

8.   Dennis B. Ross, who stepped down last year as the senior U.S. mediator, said in an interview Friday.

9.   Erekat is due to confer later in the day with Dennis B. Ross, the senior U.S. mediator.

10.   Erekat was to confer later in the day with Dennis B. Ross, the senior U.S. mediator.