11.   Colombian Interior Minister Horacio Serpa met Mauss last year to seek German help brokering an end to political violence in Colombia.

12.   Diplomacy continued in Moscow to try to broker an end to the conflict with the assistance of Russia, a traditional Yugoslav ally.

13.   De Charette said after the meeting that France wanted to help broker an end to the fighting.

14.   Driven by the European NATO allies, the effort seems designed to present a common diplomatic front as Russia tries to broker an end to the airstrikes.

15.   Driven by European NATO allies, the effort seems designed to present a common diplomatic front as Russia tries to broker an end to the airstrikes.

16.   Efforts at brokering an end to the hostilities have, so far, failed.

17.   Envoys from both the United Nations and Pakistan have been crisscrossing the country trying to broker an end to the fighting.

18.   Germany would welcome a United Nations role in brokering an end to the war over Kosovo, a senior government official said Tuesday.

19.   Hausmann said Interior Minister Horacio Serpa was in Bonn last year to seek German help in brokering an end to political violence in Colombia.

20.   He told reporters after the meeting that France wanted to help broker an end to the fighting.