41.   Claes, a Belgian, said negotiations had dragged on for years without success while Serb attacks continued.

42.   Face-to-face negotiations dragged on until after midnight in a house near a hilly park outside Zamboanga.

43.   Fear grips Kosovo capital as negotiations drag on.

44.   Given the short timeframe left, it was highly likely that the negotiations would drag into the new year, the paper said.

45.   Negotiations dragged on until nearly midnight Tuesday, and will continue Wednesday, according to Belgian radio.

46.   Neither did he hold out as an example the fact that he remains engaged in peace talks as negotiations drag on in the Middle East and Northern Ireland.

47.   Negotiations are dragging, partly because the other countries are awaiting the outcome of the British election.

48.   Schroeder and German industry have pledged to have the fund to compensate former slave laborers in operation by September, but negotiations have dragged on for months.

49.   The automaker had warned that the longer negotiations dragged on, the greater the likelihood of production being switched to Hungary.

50.   The current round of meetings ends Wednesday, although some analysts predict the overall peace negotiations may drag on for years.