21.   She said Ramos cannot continue to keep his silence now that he is president.

22.   The silence was kept -- neither Israeli nor Palestinian officials accompanied him on the trip.

23.   There was also no explanation how the man managed to keep silence after being wounded with automatic fire.

24.   Groer has resisted numerous appeals from bishops, lay Catholic organisations and leading theologians to answer the accusations against him and kept his silence.

25.   In doing so, Salinas broke the unwritten rules of the political game requiring former presidents to keep their silence.

26.   Algerian President Liamine Zeroual signed a decree Saturday summoning the electorate for presidential elections, but kept his silence over whether he plans to run for re-election.