21.   Premier Bashkim Fino pleaded with Albanians to lay down their arms and give safe passage to European aid shipments to help stave off famine.

22.   President Boris Yeltsin ordered warring Chechens to lay down their arms and release all prisoners by Thursday morning or face Russian military intervention.

23.   President Charles Taylor has called on the thousands of Liberians he says are fighting in neighboring Sierra Leone to lay down their arms and return home.

24.   Ranariddh also rejected a Khmer Rouge appeal for negotiations, saying the group has to lay down its weapons and return to society.

25.   - The government will lay down guidelines and closely monitor the management of foreign earnings and expenditure both in public and private sectors.

26.   Administration officials said there was no secret new U.S. peace plan to entice the two sides to lay down their arms and negotiate.

27.   Aristide urged hardliners Monday in a Founding Fathers Day speech not to be afraid to lay down their arms and help build a nation in peace.

28.   Authorities are also appealing to Chechen elders and Islamic leaders to persuade young people to lay down weapons and leave armed groups.

29.   Before talks are held, the government wants the rebels to lay down their arms and set a time frame and an agenda.

30.   Authorities are also appealing to Chechen elders and Islamic leaders to persuade young people to lay down their weapons and leave armed groups.