51.   President Bush had been planning to announce a new peace initiative for the region, but administration officials said late Tuesday that the bombing would probably cause a delay.

52.   President Clinton prodded Middle East negotiators Monday as hopes of a new peace accord still seemed distant following another terrorist attack in Israel and four days of stalemate.

53.   Robin Cook, the British foreign secretary, disparages in advance a new peace proposal expected from Yugoslavia.

54.   Senior European and Arab officials have repeatedly said that any new peace effort would require a specific, phased timetable toward guaranteed creation of a Palestinian state.

55.   The attack on Monday again posed delicate problems for the western alliance, which feared a spiral of tension and reprisals that could derail the new American peace initiative.

56.   The bombing also hardened Israeli opposition to a provisional Palestinian state that the Bush administration is expected to propose this week as part of a new peace initiative.

57.   The government and the rebel group have scheduled new peace talks in Geneva next month.

58.   The new peace organization, they said, would not be toothless like the League of Nations but would be able to enforce its decisions.

59.   The new peace initiative could still easily unravel.

60.   The new peace treaty between Jordan and Israel may well mark the start of a solid alliance in the Middle East.