111.   With no guarantee of success, negotiators are trying to draft language to serve as a standard for use in determining whether a denial of care should be reversed.

112.   With the preparations on the ground nearly concluded, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators tried to reach agreement on an addendum to the original Hebron agreement.

113.   Israeli and PLO negotiators were trying to reach agreement Thursday on the transfer of more powers to the Palestinians on the West Bank.

114.   Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have been trying to work out a mutually agreeable formula on Hebron for weeks.

115.   Israeli and Palestinian negotiators were trying Tuesday to nail down the final points on a long-awaited agreement extending self-rule to the West Bank town of Hebron.

116.   A military accord signed in summer has halted the war, bar sporadic clashes, but negotiators are still trying to thrash out a lasting peace deal.

117.   Already more than a year behind schedule, the negotiators are trying to strike a deal to redeploy Israeli troops, hand over civilian powers and hold autonomy elections.

118.   And on Sunday, the interior ministry command in Chechnya appeared to cast doubt on the wisdom of a ceasefire just as negotiators were trying to consolidate it.

119.   Diplomatic sources said they expected negotiators first to try reach a general ceasefire.

120.   UN negotiators have tried in vain to secure Serb clearance for UN teams to repair the cables and pylons.