After 24 hours of futile negotiations, an Egyptian commando team detonated an explosive device and rushed the plane.

Last Wednesday, the stress of the evacuation was etched on the Untermans' faces as they spent hours in futile negotiations with military officers.

It covers the events from the hostage-taking through the futile negotiations to the violent conclusion.

'We are not going to waste time any longer in futile negotiations,' Izetbegovic said in a radio address.

"We are not going to waste any more time on futile negotiations," he said.

Brazilians need only look next door at Argentina, which has been bogged down for months in futile negotiations to restore its line of credit with the fund.

Following futile negotiations, Charles raised the royal standard in Nottingham on 22 August 1642.

Kashmiris have been denied a vote during 50 years of futile negotiations between Pakistan and India.

Subsequently he showed great activity in the futile negotiations between the Scots and Charles at Newcastle.

For decades there have been mostly futile negotiations between Poland and Germany concerning the return of the looted property.