11.   The breakthrough came after marathon negotiations by U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke and after an international military response seemed imminent.

12.   The leaders of India and Pakistan, nuclear-armed adversaries, abruptly broke off two days of marathon negotiations Monday night.

13.   The marathon negotiations for the Balkan peace talks stretched late into last night amid growing indications that the talks might finally be winding down.

14.   Yet, as an exhausted Clinton flew home following the marathon summit negotiations, the early signs were not encouraging.

15.   Peace talks in the Red Sea resort of Taba began Sunday evening, after Israel accepted an offer from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to hold marathon negotiations.

16.   People on both sides criticized the accord, initialled after marathon negotiations.

17.   Pronk was to present the latest proposal to the delegates later Saturday, setting the stage for marathon negotiations scheduled to run at least through Sunday.

18.   An arbiter Friday directed the school board and its striking teachers to begin marathon negotiations to resolve an empasse that has cancelled classes for two days.

19.   Conference president Camilo Reyes of Colombia announced an agreement at dawn Saturday, ending a marathon negotiations that went into overtime.

20.   Critics on both sides reacted harshly to the accord, initialled Sunday after marathon negotiations.