11.   David Bar-Illan, a top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said negotiations had not hit an impasse.

12.   Negotiations with a top U.S. official hit an impasse Tuesday, with Milosevic insisting on an ironclad lifting of sanctions.

13.   Negotiations with a top U.S. official hit an impasse Tuesday when Milosevic insisted on a permanent lifting of sanctions.

14.   Negotiations to end the standoff hit another impasse early in the evening and were suspended.

15.   Negotiations with a top U.S. official hit an impasse Tuesday, insisting on an ironclad lifting of sanctions.

16.   Negotiators hit another impasse in germ warfare talks.

17.   Since the talks hit an impasse, clashes between armed groups backing the government or Zapatistas have increased.

18.   The proposed Rapid Reaction Force has hit an impasse over tension between Greece and Turkey.

19.   The strike was launched after union talks with the government hit an impasse over the wage issue.

20.   International negotiations on a new arms control regime hit an impasse last year over US demands that Russia disclose information concerning its weapons sales to Iran.