11.   All three groups are observing less-than-total truces.

12.   As a small group observed the annual ritual, violence shook the troubled holy city.

13.   But the group has observed a cease-fire during the elections.

14.   Earlier, a former leading member of the Red Hand Commando, a Protestant paramilitary group observing a cease-fire, was shot dead in west Belfast.

15.   Nery Rodenas, who succeeded Gerardi as the head of the Catholic human rights office, said international human rights groups will observe the trial to ensure fairness.

16.   On Wednesday, a former leading member of the Red Hand Commando, a Protestant paramilitary group observing a cease-fire, was shot dead in west Belfast.

17.   Shaken by the collapse of the Taliban, Pakistani Islamic groups observed Friday as day of mourning.

18.   The city committee of the BNP has been divided into two groups and both the groups were observing programmes separately.