81.   Negotiations have stalled in recent weeks due to a row between Israel and the Palestinians over Israeli plans to build another Jewish settlement in Arab east Jerusalem.

82.   Officials would not say whether this meant that the US-North Korean negotiations had stalled.

83.   Since the deal was reached, however, negotiations have stalled and were not expected to resume until Wednesday morning.

84.   The dinar weakened against the dollar on Wednesday after oil-for-food negotiations stalled in New York, plunging Iraqi merchants in the doldrums.

85.   The negotiations have since stalled to the point where they are in danger of collapsing.

86.   The negotiations have stalled since June when the two countries failed to make progress on security arrangements to accompany an Israeli pullout from the Golan Heights.