Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he was still hopeful that talks with the Japanese would lead to a negotiated settlement whereby Tokyo would abandon its annual hunt in the Southern Ocean.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

The wording is slightly different in all the indentures, but in general, we've settled eight or nine cases; companies sort of agreed and we negotiated a settlement.

在所有的行业里，用语只会有细微的差别，但是总的来说，我们已经解决了八个或九个案子；,公司们似乎也同意我们的观点然后跟我们达成了协议。

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Later,at a briefing for reporters, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J.Crowley said the United States had warned the deposed president not to try to return home in the absence of a negotiated settlement.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

They negotiated a settlement, and the men on both sides went home.

VOA: special.2009.05.07