21.   Most of the speech was devoted to an indictment of religious extremism and intolerance in Pakistan, which has been increasingly torn by sectarian violence over the last decade.

22.   Musharraf has won wide popularity with his crisp, direct style and his recent drive to purge the country of sectarian violence and Islamic extremism.

23.   Musharraf Saturday is scheduled to announce the creation of special courts to expedite cases linked to sectarian violence and terrorist activity.

24.   Northern Ireland, long seething with sectarian violence, is a bit like an alcoholic family, he said.

25.   Pakistan has a history of sectarian violence between its Shiite minority and the Sunni Muslim majority.

26.   Religious extremism and sectarian violence have rent this nation.

27.   Sectarian violence and intimidation is common.

28.   The assembly is trying to enact the provisions of the peace accord approved last year to end sectarian violence in the British province of Ulster.

29.   The Belfast talks were impeded in July, when widespread sectarian violence erupted over a Protestant patriotic march through a Catholic district.

30.   The accord promising the return of home rule to Northern Ireland and seeking an end to three decades of sectarian violence was reached on Good Friday a year ago.