41.   The truce has been violated frequently, but the monitoring group has succeeded in containing hostilities.

42.   The Ulster Unionists want Sinn Fein barred from the negotiations on the grounds that the IRA continues to violate its truce.

43.   The warring groups signed a peace deal in February, but the truce has been violated several times.

44.   They hold Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat responsible for the recent shootings, Arafat accuses Israel of violating the truce.

45.   Garang urged the international community to establish a monitoring mechanism to ensure that the truce was not violated.

46.   Government peace negotiator Edgardo Ermita announced Wednesday that since both sides have accused the other of violating a truce put in place last September.

47.   In the past the SPLA had exploited ceasefires to train and re-arm its troops, violating the truce when it suited, he said.

48.   Israel initially justified the shelling by saying Hezbollah had violated the truce by firing mortars from inside a civilian area.

49.   Israel justified the shelling on Kfar Tebnit by saying Hezbollah had violated the truce first by firing rockets from inside the village.

50.   Colombian army officials on Tuesday accused the ELN of violating the truce by kidnapping six people in the Caribbean region of Cesar.