11.   The peace talks broke down in March after Israel broke ground on a new Jewish neighborhood in disputed east Jerusalem.

12.   The owner of the Washington Bullets and Capitals, Abe Pollin, and D.C. Mayor Marion Barry broke ground on a new downtown arena on Wednesday.

13.   Their venture, Vinastar Motors Corp., broke ground for its new plant Friday.

14.   With television cameras rolling, one of them shouted that the last Berlin project Kohl broke ground for, a history museum, was never built.

15.   But ties have plummeted since the Jewish state broke ground last month for a new Jewish housing project on the edge of disputed east Jerusalem.