21.   The Interfax news agency reported a fresh outbreak of fighting in Grozny on Thursday night after a day of almost eerie calm.

22.   The Interfax news agency reported a fresh outbreak of fighting in Grozny Thursday night after a day of almost eerie calm.

23.   In Portadown itself, an eerie calm reigned after a night of violence which left numerous cars smouldering in the streets.

24.   An eerie calm descended on the area around the former presidential palace, now a heap of rubble in a wasteland of destroyed buildings in the city centre.

25.   As night approached, an eerie calm descended around the former presidential palace, now a heap of rubble in a wasteland of destroyed buildings.

26.   But there were no signs of any imminent assault and by late afternoon an eerie calm had settled around the building.

27.   With daybreak, an eerie calm descended on the city.

28.   The empty town was cloaked in an eerie calm as smoke billowed over it from one of the biggest wildfires in US history.