21.   Sinn Fein has pledged itself to the principle of nonviolence, and the IRA has maintained a cease fire for nearly a year.

22.   That plan calls for both sides to observe a cooling-off period following a cease fire that was put in place earlier this month.

23.   They say they maintain contacts with all factions and support UN efforts to secure a cease fire and a broad-based government.

24.   Powell on Monday outlined plans for a more active U.S. role in the Middle East that had a cease fire as the first goal.

25.   Pelletreau added that the ultimate goal was to maintain the cease fire and strive to make it permanent.

26.   Radovan Karadzic has offered a conditional cease fire.

27.   -- An immediate cease fire as a prerequisite for restarting negotiations.

28.   A cease fire declared after the first round did not hold.

29.   A cease fire was soon called, and since then funds and aid, as well as army troops, have streamed into the state.

30.   A cease fire, however, would not necessarily mean an immediate end to the fighting.