21.   The graduation ceremony went ahead on schedule, ringed by police.

22.   The Pchum Ben ceremony goes back centuries but after the Khmer Rouge atrocities, it has been observed actively at Chhoeung Ek.

23.   The religious ceremony went off without a hitch.

24.   Worshipers jostled with the immense crowds Wednesday to cast the seven pebbles they had picked on their way from Arafat, but otherwise the ceremony went smoothly.

25.   He said, however, that the signing ceremony would go on despite the pending details.

26.   Before the release, French officials had said the signing ceremony would go ahead as planned, but had not explicitly said their country would sign.

27.   Commemoration ceremonies also went ahead Thursday in Kiev where a monument honouring soldiers mobilised to contain the consequences of the disaster was inaugurated in the city.

28.   Local officials in Sihanoukville briefly tried to stop the KNP from opening the three offices there, but eventually allowed the brief inauguartion ceremonies to go ahead.

29.   The blasts shook the hotel, causing no injuries, and the ceremony went ahead as planned.

30.   The ceremonies have not gone unnoticed by the Democratic and Republican parties, who sent supporters to sign up the new citizens.