41.   Petritsch emphasized that the international community will not pick any new leader or a credible negotiating partner in Serbia.

42.   Asked whether he expected to find Palestinian negotiating partners, Netanyahu said he had been approached by several prominent Palestinians who feared Arafat could not be relied on.

43.   Barak, who pressed hard for a peace deal with the Palestinians, needed a negotiating partner.

44.   Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic on Wednesday suggested his government might accept Milosevic as a possible negotiating partner, provided Serbia recognizes Bosnia in its current borders.

45.   For now, Bush has decided to keep Arafat as a negotiating partner, but essentially has given him one last chance to rein in violence.

46.   He is considered an acceptable negotiating partner because of his non-violent stand.

47.   In the interview with the daily Bund, Whittlesey said renegotiating the accord would bring into doubt the reliability of the United States as a negotiating partner.

48.   In the past, the North has often engaged in fiery rhetoric against negotiating partners even as it showed a willingness to deal with them.

49.   It could take weeks or months for Labor to choose a new leader, depriving Sharon of a negotiating partner in the rival political camp.

50.   It helps that Clinton is a confirmed night owl, as are his negotiating partners, Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.