11.   In announcing the truce late Monday, Bashir offered rebels a general amnesty if they lay down their arms.

12.   Lt. Gen. Omar Hassan el-Bashir and Carter announced the truce in a news conference in Khartoum on Monday night.

13.   Lt. Gen. Omar Hassan el-Bashir and Carter announced the truce in a news conference in Khartoum Monday night.

14.   MOSCOW -- President Boris Yeltsin, hoping to deflect attention from Chechnya during visit by dozens of world leaders, announces unilateral truce in the breakaway republic.

15.   On Wednesday, U.N. special envoy Yasushi Akashi announced a truce in the Serb-controlled region the Croatian government attacked earlier this week.

16.   On Saturday morning, the Irish National Liberation Army conceded that its cause was futile and announced a truce, too.

17.   Rebels announce a truce.

18.   Shooting broke out before President Clinton announced the truce at midday and carried on through the afternoon and into the evening.

19.   Shortly after the truce was announced, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo in southern Jerusalem.

20.   Seconds after announcing the truce, Vorgan claimed government troops were bombarding Uige and Negaje, which the government claimed to have captured last week.