21.   Others were pilgrims returning from a revered Hindu religious shrine.

22.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel alone will maintain security at a disputed religious shrine in the heart of Hebron, rejecting Palestinian demands for shared control.

23.   Rejecting Palestinian demands for shared control, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel alone will maintain security at a disputed religious shrine in the heart of Hebron.

24.   The battle began when Sunni Muslims reportedly denied the Shiite Muslims access to a religious shrine revered by both sects, authorities said.

25.   The Palestinians also demand that Palestinian police join Israeli troops in guarding the Tomb of the Patriarchs, a religious shrine in downtown Hebron.

26.   The state-controlled press ignored the arrests and the plans to hold the congress Sunday, instead displaying pictures of junta leaders visiting religious shrines.

27.   They almost never give interviews, but appear nightly on television signing new contracts or visiting religious shrines.

28.   Thirty-five Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas arrived Tuesday to meet spiritual leader Ali Khamenei and visit religious Muslim shrines, the official Iran radio reported.

29.   A minority Tamil Party Wednesday demanded an apology from Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga over remarks that she will attack ethnic Tamils if separatist rebels hit religious shrines.

30.   Beside one of the military vehicles, a woman who has built a religious shrine in the road put on a tape of Pope John Paul II.