31.   He also called for stronger laws against carrying weapons.

32.   He said officials of the white minority government ignored his suggestion that road blocks be set up to prevent marchers from carrying weapons.

33.   He said all those who were detained were carrying weapons or were suspected of vandalism.

34.   However, on the Sunday night TV Azteca newscast, no foreign observers were seen in footage carrying weapons.

35.   In Kosovo, NATO spokesman Maj. Peter Cameron said Wednesday that NATO-led peacekeepers intercepted a truck inside Kosovo carrying anti-tank weapons, mortar rounds and other ammunition.

36.   It claimed the craft was carrying weapons.

37.   It turned out the man was not carrying weapons or explosives, the military said.

38.   Late in the afternoon, the government announced a long-expected ban on carrying weapons in public for most of KwaZulu-Natal and other parts of the country.

39.   Last October, CBI officers intercepted the truck in the western state of Gujarat carrying weapons and explosives and arrested four men who named Ansari, police say.

40.   Many former rebels are armed as the government allows carrying weapons for self-defense against the LTTE.