1.   Later that year, the IRA announced a ceasefire that so far has held.

2.   A suspected Protestant gunman opened fire on a policeman in Belfast on Sunday, in the first such shooting since ceasefires were announced last year.

3.   The shooting followed a drop in the level of violence over the past two days, since Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, announced a ceasefire.

4.   Fujimori announced the ceasefire after he said Peruvian toops recaptured Cueva de los Tayos, then Base Sur and Tiwinza.

5.   Fujimori formally announced a ceasefire late Monday.

6.   He announced the ceasefire after he said Peruvian troops recaptured Cueva de los Tayos, then Base Sur and Tiwinza.

7.   His plea fell on deaf ears but the organisation last August announced a ceasefire which loyalist militia have since joined.

8.   However, since the ceasefire was announced displaced people have started to return to their home regions from refugee camps.

9.   In New York UN spokesman Joe Sills says a new government is to be sworn in Tuesday in Kigali and a formal ceasefire could be announced at that time.

10.   In September and October last year the Irish Republican Army and the loyalist paramilitaries announced ceasefires.