21.   Last week the United Nations helped broker a truce between two Defense Ministry commanders waging fierce battles in northern Afghanistan that killed at least six people.

22.   Local officials later arrived and brokered a truce among clan leaders, Sua said.

23.   No rockets have been fired on Israel since the United States brokered the truce in April.

24.   On Thursday, Bush made a surprise decision to send an envoy to the region next week for a third attempt to broker a truce.

25.   Setting no deadline to complete his mission, Powell said he would meet Arafat as well as Sharon in an effort to broker a truce.

26.   Setting no deadline to complete his mission, Powell said he would meet Arafat as well as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to try and broker a truce.

27.   South Africa has been trying to broker a truce.

28.   Tenet brokered a truce last year, but failed to make it stick.

29.   The campaign has touched off intense diplomatic efforts to broker a truce.

30.   The day began with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and CIA chief George Tenet trying to broker a truce to end two weeks of daily fighting.