81.   The deal was brokered by the United States, Argentina, Chile and Brazil.

82.   The deal was brokered last week by NATO peacekeepers.

83.   The deal was brokered by NATO and European Union officials.

84.   The deal was brokered by U.S. and Swiss diplomats.

85.   The deal was brokered to wean North Korea of its Soviet-developed nuclear facilities, which are suspected of being used to develop atomic bombs.

86.   The exchange was the culmination of a week of negotiations, said Zamir Kabulov, a U.N. official who helped broker the deal.

87.   The Russian defense ministry and Rosvoorouzhenie, the Russian state arms export agency, which reportedly brokered the deal, refused comment Thursday.

88.   The TV report alleged that Montesinos said he had brokered the deal for Garcia while he was on the run and that Garcia did not offer anything in return.

89.   The United States has brokered deals with European nations before to get around opposition to the death penalty.

90.   The United States, which brokered the deal after eight days of negotiations in eastern Maryland, has been trying to reinforce the interpretations of each side.