In the meantime, there will be new negotiations between Serbian and ethnic Albanian leaders to work out a long-term political settlement.

Regardless, the principle of a fixed percentage for the pickers was the key to a long-term settlement.

The station represented the only known long-term human settlement of the Island.

But the basic flaw in his otherwise sage analysis was the true willingness of Khartoum to agree to a truly long-term and fair settlement.

But it is only because of the American presence in Bosnia that a long-term settlement has even a prayer of coming to pass.

Weeks after it had been emptied, Al Mufaqara still bore signs of long-term settlement.

The government insists that the core political issues for a long-term settlement must be addressed from the start and has ruled out an independent Tamil nation.

We have to turn the tragic events of this summer into an opportunity for a long-term settlement of the still open conflicts in the region.

Peace-keeping: military operations designed to support diplomatic efforts to reach a long-term political settlement to an on-going dispute.

Mr. Burke said the company had provided families of the crew members with two month's salaries until a long-term settlement could be reached.