21.   They said the ex-president remained silent after most of their questions.

22.   Radio stations CBS radio fell silent shortly after, and walkouts cripped operations in provincial stations, a KCTU spokesman said.

23.   Street battles raged all day but Russian artillery was silent after two days of intense shelling, apparently to avoid hitting their own troops.

24.   The heavy gunfire that had rocked this eastern Zairean town all day Friday fell silent shortly after nightfall, an AFP correspondent in the town said.