11.   The meetings were part of an American diplomatic offensive to prevent a fourth war between the countries.

12.   The new emir followed his regional diplomatic offensive today by sending envoys to other GCC states.

13.   The United States mounted a diplomatic offensive, hoping to avoid a war that could endanger U.S. troops in Afghanistan and seriously disrupt the search for Qaida forces there.

14.   Others were calling for restraint, saying it would garner more international support in its diplomatic offensive against Pakistan.

15.   President Omar el-Bashir launched a diplomatic offensive Friday to protest the U.S. missile strike on a factory in the Sudanese capital.

16.   A diplomatic offensive seemed to pay off.

17.   Amid a rash of recent killings in Kosovo, Washington is launching a new diplomatic offensive to persuade ethnic Albanian leaders to sign a peace deal.

18.   As Algiers braced for further attacks, it led a diplomatic offensive against France for alleged interference in its affairs.

19.   Both countries have since moved their troops to the frontier, exchanged heavy gunfire across the border and launched diplomatic offensives against each other.

20.   Bush was expected to come out guns blazing, but instead launched a diplomatic offensive which may point to the solution and resolution of this global crisis.