11.   On Tuesday, Protestant loyalist gangs stoned Catholic girls and their parents walking to school.

12.   Only one of the participants in the talks, a party that represents a Protestant loyalist paramilitary group, will not visit the United States in the next week.

13.   Political arm of the Ulster Volunteer Force, a Protestant loyalist paramilitary organization.

14.   Police sources said the men being questioned Monday have links to Protestant loyalist paramilitary groups.

15.   Political wing of the Ulster Freedom Fighters and Ulster Defense Association, the largest Protestant loyalist paramilitary organization.

16.   That cease-fire, followed by a Protestant loyalist truce, would also temporarily break down.

17.   The British say they cannot back down on the arms issue without losing the support of Protestant loyalists who want Northern Ireland to remain British.

18.   The difference was a ceasefire proclaimed Thursday by the death-dealing Protestant loyalist paramilitaries.

19.   The Protestant loyalists, who are at the peace table, say they are sticking to their cease-fire, although they have answered some IRA provocations.

20.   The only reason Britain holds to the union with Northern Ireland is a sense of responsibility to the Protestant loyalists there.