1.   Sankoh has been detained in Freetown since a peace pact collapsed in May.

2.   The urgent talks seek a way for the Irish Republican Army to begin disarming so that the Northern Ireland peace pact does not collapse.

3.   When the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact collapsed, the city was then seized by the Germans.

4.   But previous pacts have collapsed, and hostility between Chechen rebels and weary Russian troops remains high.

5.   But that pact collapsed.

6.   But the pact collapsed.

7.   Numerous peace pacts have collapsed as the war that Taylor began with a rebellion against a dictatorship exploded into full tribal warfare.

8.   Numerous previous peace pacts have collapsed as the war that Taylor began with a rebellion against a tribal dictatorship exploded into full tribal warfare now pursued by seven factions.

9.   Numerous peace pacts have collapsed and negotiations have become more difficult since warring factions have fractured and expanded to seven armies.

10.   The peace pact collapsed in December after government troops tried to take rebel strongholds by force and were beaten back by UNITA.