Sentence examples for seeking to mediate from inspiring English sources

European, African and U.S. mediators are seeking to mediate a compromise that allows the military and the Brotherhood to reach an accommodation without losing face.

He refused the pleas of the prison authorities to intervene with the younger inmates, instead seeking to mediate among the political factions represented on the island.

South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, has played a key role in seeking to mediate with Gaddafi; Egypt, still in the aftermath of its own revolution, has been reluctant to get involved in Libyan affairs.

JUBA, South Sudan — U.S. and African officials seeking to mediate an end to South Sudan's bloodshed are, in effect, trying to repair rifts in the very liberation movement that they supported for years.

The result this month was first the self-dissolution, in despair, of a committee seeking to mediate in the conflict; and soon a clash in which eight villagers and two members of an army-cum-police column died.

"The battle is over how you keep what is Main Street for a lot of people from becoming an impersonal highway when you have 30,000 cars a day on it," said Ms. Nissman, who has been seeking to mediate the divisions.

"It's an emotional issue," said Mayor Ed Garza, who has sought to mediate the dispute.

The British protested United Nations involvement, while other Caribbean commonwealth islands sought to mediate.

President Harry S. Truman, instead, sought to mediate a resolution to the British-Iranian standoff.

The Russian ambassador, Sergei Lavrov, sought to mediate between the rival resolutions.

Mr. Mubarak has sought to mediate between the Israelis and Palestinians.