1.   The newsmen got a tumultuous greeting from excited throngs along their route, and sheep were sacrificed in their honor.

2.   According to the Bible, God later instructed Abraham to sacrifice a sheep instead.

3.   In Kabul, residents sacrificed sheep in the courtyards of their home to mark the three-day holiday and distributed food among relatives and the poor.

4.   Sheep were sacrificed in a traditional tribute to the dead and many people danced the ritual zikr, a Chechen circle dance.

5.   Saad said that after Taliban fighters fled, people gathered to sacrifice sheep and pray in the blue-tiled mosque that dominates the center of the city.

6.   Some Muslims plan to get around the problem by sacrificing sheep instead, as smaller animals can be slaughtered in mosques.

7.   Sheep are sometimes sacrificed in Chechnya in traditional tributes to the dead.

8.   The celebrants watched a military parade and then marked the occasion by sacrificing sheep and dancing the ritual zikr, a Chechen circle dance.

9.   The easing of travel restrictions came three days before the Muslim Eid al-Adha religious festival, when sheep are sacrificed by families across the country.

10.   The celebrants planned to stage traditional dances and sacrifice sheep to mark the occasion.