21.   Police and Rangers were patrolling the troubled neighborhoods Wednesday trying to stem the violence.

22.   Parliament met Monday to consider measures proposed by the president to stem ethnic violence, as fighting between Hutus and Tutsis continued in the capital.

23.   Police cordoned off the village Wednesday in an attempt to stem the violence.

24.   Ahead of his statement, Bush engaged in intensive telephone diplomacy to try to stem the violence.

25.   And, el-Baz said, Arafat is trying his best to stem the violence.

26.   Army officials said the area was vast but they hoped they would be able to stem the violence.

27.   Both sides agreed Friday to an agenda for the peace talks that pushes issues like poverty and unemployment to the back burner as negotiators concentrate on stemming the violence.

28.   Both helped Kabila to power last year, hoping he would stem violence along their shared borders.

29.   But he has been unable to stem the violence in which both sides have been accused of atrocities.

30.   But Zeroual hopes that by winning the election, his military-backed regime and parties supporting it received the democratic legitimacy needed to stem the violence.