31.   But bookstores have been sacred ground.

32.   Deane was second-in-command of the tactical unit involved in a standoff with the Indian protesters who claimed Ipperwash Provincial Park on Lake Huron contained sacred Chippewa burial grounds.

33.   For others, it is more sacred ground.

34.   In Japan, the sumo wrestling ring is sacred ground, blessed by priests and purified with salt before each bout.

35.   Now the province, considered sacred ground by many Serbs, is under the control of NATO peacekeepers.

36.   One elder, Kerenget Kosgey, told The Associated Press there were sacred burial grounds in the forest.

37.   Reverent pilgrims come to pay their last respects, or brash intruders desecrating sacred ground?

38.   Still, Israeli governments have resisted shutting it down, fearful of being accused of handing any sacred ground over to the Palestinians.

39.   The groups also would have been ensured access to sacred ground and government services would have to provided in indigenous languages.

40.   The Indian protesters took over the park Monday, claiming it contained a sacred burial ground.