1.   But Baweja, spokesman for the government body organizing the celebrations, allows himself at least a fleeting moment of pleasure as he lifts his telephone.

2.   In New York, the group organizes celebrations of events like the Chinese New Year, sponsors panel discussions, publishes a newsletter, and advises prospective adoptive parents.

3.   In those years, Shbeita remembered, Independence Day celebrations were organized in Arab schools to instill loyalty, with pupils singing patriotic Israeli songs and waving Israeli flags.

4.   Others leave it up to employees to organize informal celebrations for each other.

5.   Authorities are organizing Christmas celebrations for the refugees, he said.

6.   It said the celebrations were organized by the African National Front, a body grouping southern students.

7.   Saturday was a public holiday to mark independence day, but no national celebrations were organized.

8.   The celebration was organized by the Spanish Federation of Jewish Communities with the backing of city and regional governments.

9.   The government filed charges Friday against labor unions that organized May Day celebrations that turned violent.

10.   They said the group prevented people from going to cemeteries and from organizing religious celebrations.