Over the next 51 days, negotiations began and collapsed several times.

Negotiations between the various groups collapsed, and the international community retreated.

The next month, however, negotiations collapsed when the two sides were unable to agree on final terms.

Of course, the executives warned, the negotiations could still collapse.

Nothing that has happened in the seven years since these negotiations collapsed would seem likely to improve the chances for success.

But in the end, negotiations collapsed late Monday over one issue: pensions.

Several participants in the talks stressed that the negotiations had not collapsed.

It would not be tragic if the negotiations collapsed altogether.

The speech came the day after negotiations with Washington collapsed on terms for his relinquishing power.

Both chairmen said they would not support the other's proposed figure, and negotiations collapsed.