11.   Peres, and his slain predecessor prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, had been the driving force behind Arab-Israeli peace moves.

12.   Prabhakaran insisted the peace moves were unconnected with the U.S. government-led global war on terrorism.

13.   Palestinians, who are a majority in the kingdom, have been more skeptical of the peace moves.

14.   President Robert Mugabe accused Rwanda and Uganda, which are backing Congolese rebels, of obstructing peace moves in the Congo civil war.

15.   Peace moves deadlocked over demands by Britain and Northern Ireland Protestants that the Catholic-based IRA start handing over weapons before talks.

16.   Peace moves have picked up since the assassination of Kabila in January, and the accession of his son, Joseph, to the presidency.

17.   Peace moves picked up after Kabila was assassinated in January, and succeeded by his son, Joseph.

18.   Peace moves picked up after the assassination of Kabila last January and the succession of his son, Joseph.

19.   Peace moves picked up after the assassination of Laurent Kabila last January and the succession of his son, Joseph.

20.   Analysts say the militants made the switch after they realized that the peace negotiations would go ahead despite their violent campaign to scuttle peace moves.