41.   But the Israeli proposals, as published in newspapers, did little to bring the sides closer together.

42.   Conai is simply a group that brings the sides closer and makes contact.

43.   Denver clergy brought the sides together in a series of meetings Thursday and Friday but won only vague pledges of nonviolence.

44.   Despite the tension, Serb-Albanian talks appear increasingly likely to start soon due to international pressure to bring both sides to the table.

45.   Earlier mediation efforts involving church leaders and a Gambian envoy had failed to bring the side together in talks.

46.   Earlier mediation efforts involving church leaders and a Gambian envoy had failed to bring the sides together.

47.   Egyptian and U.S. initiatives to bring the sides back to the negotiating table have failed.

48.   Esther Lam, a spokeswoman for Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, said labor officials were eager to bring both sides back to the negotiating table.

49.   Esther Lam, a spokeswoman for Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, said labor officials were trying to bring both sides back to the negotiating table.

50.   Egypt has already begun an effort to try and bring the sides back to the table.