"Unfortunately, we were unable to resolve it".
Issues that the two sides were unable to resolve would be settled in binding arbitration, out of their control.
B1 Rent Laws Extended The city's expiring rent laws were extended for another day after Gov. Pataki and legislative leaders were unable to resolve their differences.
Eduard Bomhoff, the deputy prime minister and Herman Heinsbroek, the economics minister, had a falling out which they were unable to resolve.
Other officials said they were unable to resolve impediments that had stymied American and Russian negotiators in long sessions in the last three days.
They also were unable to resolve the main stumbling block in negotiations this year: how much money the state can afford to spend.
African-American voters said many minority voters were denied the chance to vote because their names did not appear on voting lists, and because understaffed and overworked poll workers were unable to resolve discrepancies.
BUSINESS DAY, PAGE C1 No Accord in Iran Iran's supreme leader met with President Mohammad Khatami and the speaker of Parliament, but they were unable to resolve a deepening political crisis.
A1 The European Union and Russia were unable to resolve sharp differences over the contested election in Ukraine during a tense summit meeting at the Hague, with President Vladimir V. Putin saying outsiders should not interfere and union officials reiterating they did not accept the official outcome of the vote.
On July 1, with Egypt seemingly on the brink of a major crisis, the head of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, declared that the military was ready to intervene to prevent chaos in the country if the two sides were unable to resolve their differences within two days.
The spokesman said the two sides repeatedly met during the day but were unable to resolve their differences.
