21.   Since announcing the truce in September, ETA has met once with the government for a preliminary round of talks but there were no reports of progress.

22.   Shooting broke out before President Clinton announced the truce at a summit in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, and it raged on afterward.

23.   Shortly after the truce was announced, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on the south Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo, a scene of repeated attacks.

24.   Since announcing the truce in September, ETA has met once with the government for a preliminary round of talks but there were no reports of advances.

25.   That prompted Pakistan to announce a truce along the disputed border, where tens of thousands of Indian and Pakistani soldiers have faced off for five decades.

26.   The GIA has stepped up its attacks while the Islamic Salvation Front and its Islamic Salvation Army have announced a truce and talks with the government.

27.   The EPR has announced another truce for the Sunday vote.

28.   The FLNC gathering to announce a truce came on the eve of a visit to Corsica by Interior Minister Jean-Louis Debre.

29.   The latest truce was announced Wednesday after a meeting between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.

30.   The group is named for the Basque town where the group was formed and issued a ceasefire call just days before ETA actually did announce its truce.