21.   Difficulties remained.

22.   Israel and the PLO reportedly have been negotiating quietly in the past few weeks, but Kanafani said the difficulties remained.

23.   Izetbegovic said after the talks that great difficulties remained on the federation.

24.   Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said last Saturday that difficulties remained.

25.   Christoper, en route for Israel, warned at a stopover in Shannon, Ireland, that severe difficulties remain in the Middle East peace process.

26.   Difficulties also remain over an agreement not to hit civilians.

27.   These difficulties remain and that means there is unlikely to be a rush of applicants for one of the most thankless jobs in world rugby union.

28.   Severe difficulties remain in the Middle East peace process, US Secretary of State Warren Christopher said Thursday ahead of a regional shuttle to try to accelerate progress.