21.   An official at the British Embassy in Tehran said diplomats were trying to determine if the report was accurate.

22.   As diplomats try to keep peace on track, U.S. Army officers were applying firm but friendly pressure on the ground in Serb-held Bosnia.

23.   At the U.S. State Department in Washington, an official said diplomats were trying to negotiate a solution to the standoff.

24.   At U.N. headquarters in New York, European Union diplomats were trying to persuade the Palestinians to soften language in their draft of an assembly resolution.

25.   But with NATO airstrikes near imminent, some diplomats here were trying to envision Yugoslavia after air strikes.

26.   Combat spread Friday to areas near a strategic northern corridor while diplomats tried in vain to restart peace talks.

27.   Cuban officials say the diplomats were merely trying to prevent a takeover of the mission by the demonstrators.

28.   Diplomats tried to contact Kashmiri militants again on Monday to persuade them to free their five Western hostages or drop a threat to kill them by dusk.

29.   Diplomats try to end Lebanon fighting.

30.   Diplomats have tried to stop them.