11.   At a solemn ceremony, Schroeder and Sharon later laid wreaths at a Berlin memorial for Jews deported to Nazi death camps from the capital.

12.   At the White House earlier, Bush oversaw a solemn ceremony marking the precise moment when the first jetliner slammed into one of the twin towers.

13.   Defense Minister Volker Ruehe presided over a solemn ceremony rededicating the base as Julius-Leber-Kaserne.

14.   During the solemn ceremony, at which the military presides, family members of the martyrs lay wreaths at their tombs.

15.   Fuentes presented his diplomatic credential to President Eduardo Frei in a solemn ceremony that included a military guard of honor.

16.   Gen. Ibrahim Mainassara Barre took the presidential oath in a solemn ceremony attended by a dozen regional leaders.

17.   He said the interior was equipped with advanced multi-colour laser system complementing solemn ritual ceremonies.

18.   Hundreds of people gathered at a monument for a solemn ceremony marked by chiming church bells, mournful music and a military salvo.

19.   Hundreds of people joined Ambassador Yitzak Aviran in a solemn ceremony on an empty lot where the embassy once stood.

20.   In a solemn ceremony, Putin silently laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier below the Kremlin wall.