31.   Lebed then headed back to the Russian military command to ensure the relative peace would hold.

32.   Many were nervous about whether peace would hold in Sierra Leone, but said they no longer felt safe in Liberia.

33.   Musabasic, who helps the refugees return, said most are waiting to see whether the peace holds.

34.   Peace has not held in the town, with its Muslim and Croat mayors unable to even agree on the lines between their sectors.

35.   The peace is holding but tensions are still running high in Chechnya over the pace of the Russian withdrawal.

36.   There had been general optimism that the peace would hold.

37.   But if the unsteady peace held, it did not bring much reward for many of the victims of the war.

38.   Mbeki was confident the peace would hold.

39.   Peace was holding across Angola on Wednesday on the second day of a ceasefire, despite reports of violations by UNITA rebels, government officials said.

40.   The last two Katyushas fell harmlessly before dawn and a tense peace held into the afternoon.