21.   The Ottawa Senators have been relatively quiet since rejoining the NHL eight years ago.

22.   The volcano, which has covered the southern half of the island with ash, has been quiet since its last eruption Friday night.

23.   But snipers, firing at civilian targets, have remained mostly quiet since Bosnian Serb and government forces signed an anti-sniping agreement on Sunday.

24.   Poonch deputy commissioner Liaquat Hussain told AFP by telephone that India had targeted half a dozen villages in the southern district which had been comparatively quiet since last Tuesday.

25.   The city has been reported quiet since then.

26.   The heavily militarised frontier has been mostly quiet since early February, which military officials attribute to recent heavy snowfalls in the mountainous region.