31.   On Friday, EU agriculture ministers suspended marathon negotiations in Brussels to reform the costly subsidy program until next week in the hope of narrowing differences.

32.   Pronk presented the latest proposal to the delegates late Saturday, setting the stage for marathon negotiations scheduled to run at least through Sunday.

33.   The Histadrut has been holding marathon negotiations with the government, but no breakthrough has been achieved.

34.   The outcome could determine the future of the Mideast peace process, with marathon negotiations under way in Egypt in an effort to end four months of bloodshed.

35.   The plan, which had been announced Tuesday by President Ernesto Zedillo after marathon negotiations with businesses and unions, failed to keep the peso from weakening further.

36.   The plan, announced Tuesday by President Ernesto Zedillo after marathon negotiations with businesses and unions, failed to keep the peso from weakening further.

37.   To buy time while he held marathon negotiations with hard-line coalition members earlier, Netanyahu sent Deputy Minister Michael Eitan to the Knesset floor to start a filibuster.

38.   U.S. negotiators and supporters of the Palestinians reached agreement on the text after three days of marathon negotiations and the personal intervention of U.S. President Bill Clinton.

39.   With a week left in marathon negotiations, a first draft of the treaty establishing the tribunal is expected to be in the hands of delegates Friday.

40.   With a week left in marathon negotiations, a first draft of the treaty establishing the tribunal was expected to be in the hands of delegates Friday.