11.   In a statement early Thursday Kosovo rebels fighting Serb troops in the province declared a ceasefire once the Yugoslav forces stop their operations in Kosovo and start to withdraw.

12.   Isaias, speaking Thursday before departing for the talks, said the only way to end the conflict was to declare a ceasefire and then demarcate the common border.

13.   Sinn Fein is likely to be excluded from the talks unless an IRA ceasefire is declared at the last minute.

14.   The belligerents in urban warfare that has for seven days pinned down civilians in the capital of this Central African state on Wednesday declared a ceasefire.

15.   The IRA, which advocates uniting the province with Ireland, declared a ceasefire in September.

16.   The PKK unilaterally declared a ceasefire in December, but Turkey claimed the rebels were just trying to regroup.

17.   Gupta, a communist, warned the militants to immediately declare a ceasefire or face military action.

18.   However, the scale of fighting on Monday did not reach the levels of early February, before the ceasefire was declared.

19.   In July the rebels and the government declared a ceasefire and entered into peace talks.

20.   Irish Prime Minister John Bruton had told the BBC earlier in the day that Sinn Fein could join the Belfast talks if the IRA declared a ceasefire immediately.