11.   Fighting had all but ended in the Kurdish region since the captured guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his followers to press their demands by peaceful means.

12.   Hindu militants say they will use the papal visit this week to press demands for an end to Christian conversions.

13.   In recent weeks, relatives of those missing have met Cabinet members to press demands for information and justice.

14.   Israeli opponents of the peace talks were quick to seize on the attack to press their demands that the negotiations be abandoned.

15.   Instead, Tehran should stick to diplomacy in pressing its demands for an apology and for prosecution of the killers by an Iranian or international court.

16.   Last month, it hijacked a passenger plane to press that demand, which the government has rejected.

17.   Mitsuzuka announced his resignation last night after opposition parties brought the Diet to a standstill to press their demand that he step down.

18.   Morales pressed his demands with tobacco industry representatives in New York on Monday but would not disclose the exact terms for a renegotiated settlement.

19.   Much of the unrest has been among discontented tribal groups that have taken foreigners hostage to press demands for more government spending.

20.   Nor do the advocates agree on the best way to press their demand.