11.   Before the meeting, the groups agreed to disagree on whether gays can be Christians and focus on ways to deter violence against gays and Christians.

12.   Campaigning for the first time with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman said Friday that censoring music would not help to deter violence.

13.   Faguy insisted that the monitors had deterred violence, he said.

14.   It also has called for the urgent deployment of foreign election observers to deter political violence it blames on the ruling party.

15.   Meanwhile, the Clinton administration urged Syria, the powerbroker in Lebanon, to help deter violence by Hezbollah.

16.   National Guard troops were stationed at refineries to deter violence.

17.   National Guard troops guarded oil refineries, government buildings and major highways across Venezuela to deter violence.

18.   No demonstrations will be allowed on the routes to deter violence.

19.   On Thursday, police stationed riot units and armored vehicles with water cannons around the capital, and dispatched helicopters over the city to deter violence.

20.   Peres and his foreign minister, Ehud Barak, said Wednesday that they were considering deporting Palestinians with ties to suicide bombers in hopes of deterring future violence.