51.   Witnesses said soldiers fired on the residents, including women and children, after a period of tense negotiations.

52.   Witnesses said soldiers fired on unarmed residents, including women and children, after a period of tense negotiations.

53.   Helping out in the tense negotiations were a television journalist and a priest.

54.   In Asuncion, presidential aides and Oviedo representatives held tense negotiations, sources said.

55.   In traveling to France from Gaza City, Arafat also put tense negotiations with Israel over the future of the peace process on hold.

56.   A final deal on what countries would accept the men was announced by Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Pique on Monday after tense negotiations on their legal status.

57.   A Russian-Chechen military agreement was signed early Sunday in the devastated Chechen capital after weeks of tense negotiations.

58.   Agreement to such a non-binding system of information exchanges and consultations followed several months of tense negotiations as Russia wavered over joining the partnership.

59.   Agreement to such a non-binding system of information exchanges and consultatoions followed several months of tense negotiations as Russia wavered over joining the partnership.

60.   Both men were secluded for several hours during tense negotiations that resulted in the agreement to name Oviedo defense minister upon his retirement.