1.   Ministers and unions last night said they despaired of ending the dispute.

2.   Rarely do they resort to actual blows to end disputes.

3.   The two sides have begun negotiations aimed at ending the dispute.

4.   The two sides were brought together with the help of high-powered intermediaries who are keen to end the dispute.

5.   The whole point of the legal process is to get a Decisive determination which will end the dispute in question.

6.   UN negotiators were busy working out a way to end the dispute.

7.   Business leaders demanded immediate and decisive action to end the dispute.

8.   The means of ending the dispute were finally agreed.

9.   Analysts say the key to ending the dispute in south Lebanon is a deal between Israel and Syria, the real powers here.

10.   And one after another, lawyers, judges and housing officials have been confounded in their attempts to end the disputes.