11.   Indian Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda is attempting to defuse a row with a key ally whose parliamentary support keeps his coalition in power, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

12.   An embarrassed Dini had sought to defuse the row by insisting that Mancuso had been expressing a personal opinion.

13.   But diplomatic pressure from the United States -- concerned that a new conflict might flare up so close to the former Yugoslavia -- helped defuse the row.

14.   British Prime Minister Tony Blair is also due to arrive in Islamabad next Monday for a one-day visit aimed at defusing the row between India and Pakistan.

15.   British officials said Wednesday they were hoping for a compromise to defuse a row over Russian allegations that nine British diplomats in Moscow were involved in spying.

16.   But the government appears to have defused the row in advance by tabling an amendment suggesting that members of the committee should themselves decide how to proceed.

17.   But the row was defused in last-minute negotiations.

18.   Carling had tried on Friday night to defuse the row with a public apology to the committee.

19.   Dini sought to defuse the row by insisting that Mancuso had been expressing a personal opinion.

20.   Egypt also tried to defuse a row with Ethopia by denying it had accused the Addis Ababa security forces of acting as accomplices in the assassination bid.