11.   A leading U.S. senator lashed out at Washington Monday for its resistance to signing a treaty being negotiated in Norway to ban anti-personnel mines.

12.   Activists say the idea is to ban the mines for humanitarian reasons, with no exceptions, since most victims are civilians.

13.   But diplomatic efforts to ban mines have made little progress because some military establishments have been reluctant to abandon them.

14.   But efforts to ban the mines have made little progress because military leaders are reluctant to abandon them.

15.   But activists condemned the U.S. draft, saying it changed nothing and threatened the entire treaty to ban anti-personnel mines.

16.   But her appeals to ban mines drew a rebuke from an unidentified British government minister.

17.   Derycke acknowledged the difficulty in convincing all nations to ban anti-personnel mines that enjoy much popularity with military planners because they are so cost-effective.

18.   Derycke acknowledged the difficulty in persuading all nations to ban anti-personnel mines that enjoy much popularity with military planners because they are so cost-effective.

19.   For years, Kinkel has been championing efforts to ban anti-personnel mines.

20.   He said the goal was a treaty that banned anti-personnel mines, with no exceptions.