1.   Clinton planned to address Protestant and Catholic employees of the Mackie Metal Plant, often cited as a model of cooperation between sectarian groups.

2.   Most sectarian groups offering Web site services, they said, represent traditional religious orders.

3.   Musharraf banned two hard-line sectarian groups in January and launched a crackdown on Islamic militancy in general.

4.   Privately funded sectarian groups are now exempt from federal civil rights laws barring religious discrimination.

5.   Punjab authorities have launched a crackdown against sectarian groups, arresting hundreds of known Islamic militants from both the Sunni and Shiite sects.

6.   Hundreds of people from both sects have been killed in the ongoing confrontation between the two extremist sectarian groups.

7.   Musharraf sharply criticized sectarian groups for their open warfare that has resulted in vicious attacks on places of worship and on public gatherings.

8.   One of the victims had received threats from at least two sectarian groups, according to Deputy Police Inspector Malik Ashraf.

9.   Punjab authorities have arrested hundreds of activists with militant sectarian groups since the crackdown was launched last month.

10.   Shiite leaders have blamed the Sipah-e-Sahaba, an extremist Sunni sectarian group, for the killing.