But the local authorities negotiated with the leaders to give them a platform for their protest off the streets.

The authority is negotiating to ship them by barge, and an agreement could be reached by early fall, officials said.

The plan the authority is currently negotiating with Lilco involves a partial takeover of the company, although details have not been divulged.

He said the authority should have negotiated with JetBlue to undertake both the renovation and the new construction.

Sudanese authorities negotiated with the kidnappers who were members of a nomadic tribe in north Darfur.

While authorities negotiated and delayed the terrorists, Howard and his team moved.

The authorities there negotiated for the release of women and children without trying to hold the aircraft.

In the meantime, Ramya's people and the Israeli authorities are negotiating possible compromises.

But Mr. Kessel said the authority would negotiate much lower final amounts.

That much was clear in President Clinton's recent failure to regain so-called "fast-track authority" to negotiate new trade accords.