61.   U.N. mediators Friday prodded a reluctant Yasser Arafat to attend a U.S.-led Mideast summit, but violence persisted despite worldwide pleas for a truce.

62.   Violence persisted for a fourth consecutive day Friday.

63.   Violence persists in Macedonia despite a tenuous cease-fire in place since a peace agreement signed in August halted months of clashes between ethnic Albanian rebels and Macedonian government troops.

64.   Violence has persisted between independence-minded ethnic Albanians and Serbs in the region, particularly along a demilitarized zone that separates the province from the rest of Serbia.

65.   Violence persisted in Chechnya amid the laborious peace efforts.

66.   Violence persisted again Tuesday.

67.   Violence persisted and police had refused to allow back into the embassy staff members who left, he said.

68.   Violence persisted as scores of Palestinians were wounded by army fire and a non-Arab Israeli died in Jerusalem.

69.   Violence persisted Tuesday.

70.   Violence has persisted between independence-minded ethnic Albanians and Serbs in the region.