1.   Diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis have failed.

2.   Diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement resume today after a two-week hiatus.

3.   This represented a triumph for intensive diplomatic efforts by United States President George Bush and Secretary of State James Baker.

4.   Diplomatic efforts to deal with the refugee crisis were complicated by lack of consensus among the countries most directly affected.

5.   Also, the board passed a resolution introduced by Supervisor Amos Brown commending Mayor Brown for his diplomatic efforts in Asia, which Supervisor Brown witnessed firsthand.

6.   American officials say they are supporting diplomatic efforts to persuade the Taliban to deport bin Laden.

7.   American officials say they are supporting diplomatic efforts to persuade the Taliban to deport Mr. bin Laden.

8.   An administration official acknowledged that the White House opposed any diplomatic efforts by members of Congress during the air war, especially now.

9.   An Iraqi government minister, meanwhile, said the Russian diplomatic efforts should mean an end to the crisis.

10.   And while three previous truce agreements have not worked and current diplomatic efforts are not really sailing along, Carter is hopeful about this truce.