11.   Both sides acknowledged that talking peace was becoming untenable with a full-scale war being waged in the streets.

12.   He said Jordan hopes that peace will not become hostage to political changes or developments in Israel.

13.   Middle East peace can become a reality if all parties abandoned old suspicions and animosities, President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday.

14.   Nonetheless, Weizman said, regional peace was becoming a reality.

15.   The police force could be cut in half if peace becomes permanent in Northern Ireland, chief constable Ronnie Flanagan said Friday night.

16.   Israel says it wants peace to become a reality in the Middle East before negotiating nuclear disarmament.

17.   It says it wants Middle East peace to become a reality before negotiating nuclear disarmament.

18.   The New York Times on Wednesday asked the government not to let peace become a hostage of the attacks.