51.  Clinton administration officials said the new diplomatic effort did not preclude further military action against bin Laden and his terrorist network.

52.  Congress rallied around Clinton as a House committee in a nonbinding resolution voiced support for unilateral military action if diplomatic efforts failed.

53.  Despite urgent regional and Western diplomatic efforts, Zimbabwe is sliding deeper into a state of anarchy.

54.  Diplomatic efforts are cost-efficient because they help prevent international crises from getting truly messy, Christopher said.

55.  Diplomatic efforts are likely to intensify now that Russia has taken a lead role in trying to mediate the conflict.

56.  --Diplomatic efforts continued to try and resolve the Kosovo conflict.

57.  Diplomatic efforts have all but halted.

58.  Diplomatic efforts to begin real negotiations under the auspices of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe have been basically useless.

59.  Diplomatic efforts to end the war got back on track Tuesday after several days of delay, which had more to do with domestic Serbian politics than anything else.

60.  Diplomatic efforts under way.