21.   Promoting the pact was the Community of St. Egidio, a Roman Catholic organization which helped broker peace for Mozambique and works in general to try to defuse hotspots.

22.   Rivals in the Congo crisis sat in separate rooms Sunday as South African officials shuttled between them in an effort to broker peace, South African radio reported.

23.   Specter has traveled to the Mideast several times in an effort to broker peace in the region.

24.   Specter, who is Jewish, has shuttled between Israel and Syria several times this year in an effort to broker peace in the region.

25.   The Congolese later departed for Mwanza, Tanzania, to talk with former Tanzania President Julius Nyerere about unsuccessful efforts to broker peace between Buyoya and Hutu rebels.

26.   The European Union has trailed Washington in efforts to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians but is eager to get more involved in the process.

27.   The mounting tension comes at a time of eroding confidence in the four-year U.S. effort to broker peace between Israel and Syria.

28.   The United States is being drawn increasingly into attempts to broker peace among intractable foes.

29.   White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the two leaders discussed the significance of U.S. involvement in helping broker peace in the Mideast.

30.   In a move to broker peace between the warring parties, Mandela this week gave the powerful home affairs ministry to Buthelezi.