But round after failed round of Egyptian-mediated talks to reconcile the Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah continue to underscore how little even traditional leader Egypt can accomplish.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

It has similarly failed to respond to an invitation by European Union Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana for a new round of talks on its nuclear program with the five permanent U.N.Security Council member countries and Germany,the P5+1.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

His main opponent, the controversial mayor of Zagreb Milan Bandic, came in second with nearly The men will face each other in a final election round on January 10th, since they failed to gain the minimum of 50 percent plus one vote to win outright.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Efforts to launch a round failed in 1982, and the Uruguay round, launched in 1986, broke down repeatedly.

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Since reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon she has failed to progress past the second round in four of five events.

BBC: Farina Elia into quarters

Rather they formed the starting point for the next round of failed negotiations.

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