1.   Both sides agree that a deal could be concluded within weeks, but how long the peace will hold is uncertain.

2.   Oakley was said to be sceptical that the peace could hold.

3.   Although the peace was holding as sundown neared Tuesday, both police and demonstrators said they were wary of what might occur Wednesday.

4.   According to a poll published on Sunday by the newspaper Prensa Libre, many Guatemalans still have doubts that the peace will hold.

5.   But grievances are still there, and any New Yorker has to wonder whether the peace will hold.

6.   But this peace will not hold without an effort to rebuild the country.

7.   Clearly, the immediate question is whether the peace here holds.

8.   Five years later, the peace is holding, but the country is badly riven by ethnic nationalism.

9.   He bases that belief on his interaction not with politicians, but with ordinary people, who have willed that the peace hold.

10.   If peace holds, more of the country, including the old city of Jaffna in the north, will open to travelers.