I'm not familiar enough with the proofs to say if they are more than superficially different, but here is something: 1) [Moeglin-Waldspurger][1] prove continuation crediting Jacquet (who cites Selberg), instead of Langlands. They say it is similar to that given by [Efrat][2], in his treatment of the Hilbert-modular ($PSL_2$ over a totally real field) case. 2) [Colin de Verdière][3] gave a "new and strikingly brief and elegant proof" (from the MR review) for $SL_2({\mathbb R})$ (extended [here][4]). [Muller][5] also has a proof in the rank-one case. They both seem to be related to scattering theory (also see [Lax-Phillips][6]). It's worth noting that I can't find a treatment for general reductive groups using these methods. 3) [Wong][7] gave a proof using integral equations. All the ideas seem to go back to Selberg. [1]: http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=97d%3A11083 [2]: http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=88e%3A11041 [3]: http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=83a%3A10038 [4]: http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=84k%3A58222 [5]: http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=98f%3A11053 [6]: http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=58%3A27768 [7]: http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=91c%3A11031