The companies have asked the Government to negotiate a settlement with them.

The city will probably negotiate settlements in about five of those cases this year, rather than going to court, officials said.

The company said it wanted to continue to negotiate a settlement.

It took 16 days to negotiate a settlement between the groups.

She was part of the team that went over to negotiate a settlement.

"How do you negotiate a settlement and not deal with them?"

When the next attempt to negotiate a settlement takes place is still not certain.

It may be she went out there to negotiate a settlement on her own.

And, he said, his client wants to negotiate a settlement with them.

"I wanted peace, but none of us could get them to negotiate a settlement."