21.   Earlier Saturday Rabin moved to defuse a row sparked when a minister called for the isolated settlement of Netzarim in the autonomous Gaza Strip to be dismantled.

22.   The release marked the second time since the rice relief shipments started in late June, that the two sides had managed to defuse rows by talks and apologies.

23.   The release marked the second time since the rice relief shipments started in late June that the two sides had managed to defuse rows by talks and apologies.

24.   Justice Minister Stefaan de Clerck attempted to defuse the row.

25.   Meretz arranged a meeting with Rabin later Tuesday to try to defuse the row.

26.   Netanyahu offered a newly created infrastructure ministry to Sharon late Tuesday in a bid to defuse a row threatening to plunge his new coalition government into crisis.

27.   New York authorities on Friday reacted defiantly after the US State Department back-pedalled on measures enforcing new city parking regulations to defuse a row over diplomatic immunity.

28.   Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin moved Saturday to defuse a row sparked when a minister called for the isolated settlement of Netzarim in the autonomous Gaza Strip to be dismantled.