11.   The contracts the groups signed with the state include vague descriptions of how they intended to spend the grants.

12.   The economic pot may be cooling, but it has to be cold before the group signs a certificate of recession.

13.   The group initially signed with Elektra Records but were dropped before they put out an album.

14.   The group also signed a contract to sell digital TV in Germany through a joint venture with Kirch Gruppe.

15.   The group has since signed with another label.

16.   To maintain control, he developed the generic contract all volunteer groups sign.

17.   A letter signed by group calling itself MRAS claimed responsibility for planting the bomb, federal police said.

18.   A seventh rebel group has since signed the agreement.

19.   A second rebel group signed the accord weeks ago, as did the five countries that were drawn into the conflict, and Congolese President Laurent Kabila.

20.   About a dozen other groups have signed cease-fires in recent years.