1.   Deputy Foreign Minister Chon In Chon, the leader of the North Korean delegation, accused the Japanese of using the issue as a means of sabotaging the negotiations.

2.   He sabotages delicate negotiations with self-serving tirades and tells off friend or foe at any provocation.

3.   Nothing in the ad or on the Web site refutes the hypothesis that the group is actually a front for Islamic militants, out to sabotage the negotiations.

4.   The Palestinians, who grabbed the moral high ground when Netanyahu sabotaged negotiations, have so far shown little willingness to moderate their demands.

5.   Arafat, fearing the attacks would sabotage peace negotiations with Israel, shut down Hamas clinics, kindergartens and schools.

6.   Hebron is a magnet for Palestinian and Israeli militants opposed to the peace accords, and new violence in the city could sabotage future negotiations.

7.   It said that such explosions have sabotaged negotiations with Israel to expand autonomy from the Gaza Strip into the West Bank.

8.   U.N. officials said the fact that both sides agreed to another round of talks next month was significant because neither wanted to be blamed for sabotaging the negotiations.

9.   Two militant Palestinian factions, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, tried to sabotage negotiations with suicide bombings that killed hundreds of Israelis.

10.   Acting premier Shimon Peres has pledged the peace process will go on despite the murder by a Jewish fanatic trying to sabotage the negotiations.