They did, facing down threats to their own lives, and successfully negotiating a cease-fire.

The officials were said to be negotiating a cease-fire to enable the refugees to continue.

Palestinian leaders have said that is impossible, and are trying to negotiate a cease-fire.

Palestinian factions have been negotiating a possible cease-fire, so far without success.

Who else is going to negotiate a cease-fire for them?

They have refused to negotiate a cease-fire or express any political commitment to peace.

His effort to negotiate a cease-fire with Rivera had been doomed from the beginning.

"We are going to negotiate a cease-fire through an inter-mediary".

My agent, caught in the middle, spent many hours trying to negotiate a cease-fire, but for months the war continued.

Iraqi officials continued to say they wanted to negotiate a full peace treaty with Iran rather than just a cease-fire.