The plaintiffs themselves seemed upset at the breakdown after months of on-and-off negotiations.

Meanwhile, the chairmen of the spending committees and Republican leaders engaged in on-and-off negotiations with the White House.

After few years of on-and-off negotiations, the Palestinian militant groups have launched an orchestrated attack against Israel.

After few years of on-and-off negotiations, the Palestinians began an uprising against Israel.

It's a raw deal for McKinney, who has been waiting for eight months through on-and-off negotiations and delays to fight Hamed.

Steinberg said that in the final days of the on-and-off negotiations, Aikman mailed him a pair of black boots.

After 53 days of on-and-off negotiations conducted in coded classified ads in newspapers, a suspicious landlord tipped the police off to the scheme.

Seven years of on-and-off negotiations, spanning three administrations, had failed to even come close to agreement.

It was reached late Wednesday night after almost two years of on-and-off negotiations between the company and groups representing neighbors.

After two years of on-and-off negotiations, a deal to sell state-owned copper mines in Zambia has finally been reached, the Finance Minister has announced.