21.   Tamil Tiger rebels will not be a part of the council unless they renounce violence, officials said.

22.   The cost of protesting against such abuses, even by organizations that renounce violence, is steep.

23.   The government maintains that the rebels must renounce violence before peace talks can begin.

24.   The killing followed by three days the announcement by a Protestant group, the Loyalist Volunteer Force, that it had renounced violence.

25.   They offered Sinn Fein a seat at the bargaining table if the IRA permanently renounced violence.

26.   They must renounce violence.

27.   This could only mean encouraging negotiations between the government and the Muslim groups that renounced violence, as the jailed Islamic Salvation Front leaders insisted they did.

28.   This elementary commitment to permanently renouncing violence in the resolution of political differences has unfortunately not been kept by the present Palestinian leadership.

29.   This limited approach offers none of the political and economic incentives that might induce more responsible Palestinian leaders to renounce violence and press for peace talks.

30.   Those released Thursday were gathered at dawn and made to sign statements renouncing violence.