21.   Loyalist paramilitaries called their ceasefire shortly afterward.

22.   Loyalist paramilitaries called their ceasefire shortly after that of the IRA.

23.   Major explained that Britain would want hard evidence, once a fresh ceasefire had been called, that the IRA had abandoned the armed struggle for good.

24.   Major explained that Britain would want hard evidence once a fresh ceasefire had been called that the IRA had abandoned the armed struggle for good.

25.   Northern authorities have called five ceasefires in the civil war, but all have collapsed within hours.

26.   Northern authorities have called five ceasefires in the war, but all have collapsed within hours.

27.   Some of the displaced have begun to return to their homes since the ceasefire was called.

28.   Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams on Thursday played down the prospect of the IRA calling a ceasefire.

29.   The decision to call a ceasefire coincided with the start of the rainy season, which is set to restrict the movement of government troops in the south.

30.   The explosion at Bognor Regis also comes amid increasing indications that the IRA may be ready to call a ceasefire.