111.  Q. What diplomatic efforts are under way to try to end the war?

112.  Rather, they appeared to be responding to political pressure as diplomatic efforts to avert a military confrontation continued.

113.  Powell said if there was calm on the border, there would be opportunities for further diplomatic efforts to reduce tensions.

114.  Reports arrived from Malaysia on Wednesday that it would begin its own diplomatic effort to free Ahmad Mokhtar Selat, its ambassador to Peru.

115.  Retaliation has been under way ever since, and diplomatic efforts toward resolving the dispute have been at a virtual standstill.

116.  Robin Raphel, who oversaw South Asia at the State Department in the Clinton administration, said she believed diplomatic efforts could defuse the current crisis.

117.  Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., said he knew Plavsic from diplomatic efforts in securing peace in Bosnia.

118.  --Several countries stepped up diplomatic efforts to settle the conflict, most notably Russia.

119.  Should these diplomatic efforts fail, congressional Republicans are ready to block US funds to UN peacekeeping missions .