41.   Zinni arrived in the region exactly a week ago in a fresh bid to broker a ceasefire between the two sides.

42.   Israel has been giving maximum publicity to the case, as US Middle East envoy Anthony Zinni is touring the region in a bid to broker a ceasefire.

43.   It was the second suicide blast in Israel since the current attempts to broker a ceasefire got underway on Tuesday.

44.   Last week, Lebed brokered a ceasefire ending the first week of fighting after Chechen rebels infiltrated and seized control of the capital.

45.   Last June, US Central Intelligence Agency chief George Tenet brokered a ceasefire between the two sides that never took hold on the ground.

46.   Meanwhile French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette arrived in Damascus on Tuesday from Israel on the second stage of his tour aimed at brokering a ceasefire.

47.   Meanwhile, Egyptian envoy Badr Hammam arrived in the northern capital Sanaa from Cairo in a bid to broker a ceasefire and coax the warring sides into starting talks.

48.   Meanwhile, Lebanese Foreign Minister Fares Bweiz said the United States had launched its first moves towards brokering a ceasefire.

49.   Meanwhile an Arab League delegation visiting Sanaa failed to broker a ceasefire as the civil war entered its eleventh day.

50.   Meanwhile, the Arab League held a meeting with Yemeni leaders in Sanaa to try to broker a ceasefire between Saleh and Baid.