1.   Behind it the water looked tantalisingly calm with a gorgeous white sand beach fringed with coconut palms.

2.   She remained serene and calm with no need for the pain medication until the next afternoon when she died in her sleep.

3.   The officials said that the situation in Kinshasa appeared to be calm with some scattered shooting overnight, while traffic was moving nearly normally and the airport was open.

4.   Seas were calm with scattered thundershowers, and rescuers expanded the search area to account for possible drifting.

5.   Haiti has a long history of political violence, but the campaign has been relatively calm with international forces and Haitian police on patrol.

6.   AFP correspondents in the area reported it relatively calm with little artillery fire.

7.   As of midday Wednesday, the scene was calm with no immediate explanation for the shooting.

8.   The rest of Baku was calm with traffic circulating normally and city residents apparently oblivious of the new military checkpoints dotting the capital.

9.   The situation around Bosnia early Sunday appeared relatively calm with few exchanges of fire overnight or early morning, a UN spokesman said.

10.   Jaffna itself remained calm with security forces consolidating their gains, a military statement said.