British diplomats are currently pressing for the right to visit the two prisoners.

But French, Russian and Turkish diplomats, weary of the arrangement, are now pressing the Kurds to reach a settlement with Baghdad.

A3 Israeli diplomats have been pressing the Bush administration to agree to the broad outlines of a unilateral disengagement plan from Palestinian areas.

Some diplomats are pressing the government to open the way for a change in the Constitution to allow early elections, as opponents demanded.

Since midnight, diplomats have been pressing Israel to exercise restraint in its military response, fearing that the conflict is on the brink of escalation.

West German diplomats pressed Panama to extradite him for trial.

American diplomats are pressing Damascus and Beirut to renew a 1993 agreement curbing Hezbollah attacks.

Russian diplomats have pressed for detailed information about the bases and storage sites NATO plans to use on the territory of its new members.

Chilean diplomats are now pressing another argument.

American diplomats have been pressing Moscow to stop any such aid, even from privatized companies, and the Russians recently issued a decree announcing new export controls.