31.   The rebels declared a ceasefire which was subsequently violated in the south of the west African country.

32.   The rebels have declared a ceasefire during the campaign, though that was rejected by the president, who has vowed to crush them.

33.   The Tamil parties had asked Kumaratunga to declare a ceasefire and enable displaced people in Jaffna peninsula to return home.

34.   The Tamil parties had asked Kumaratunga to declare a ceasefire and enable displaced people in the embattled northern Jaffna peninsula to return home.

35.   The trip was tentatively planned several times, but never materialized and a ceasefire was finally declared between UNITA and the ruling MPLA last November.

36.   The president said he and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe had spoken to Dos Santos on Tuesday night and had appealed to him to declare a ceasefire.

37.   The Turkish foreign ministry said the two sides had declared a ceasefire which was to take effect at midnight Wednesday.

38.   Turkey on Wednesday called on the warring Kurdish factions in northern Iraq to stop fighting and rapidly declare a ceasefire.

39.   Three ceasefires have been declared in the five-week war since late Monday, but all have collapsed within hours.

40.   Turkey Wednesday called on two warring Kurdish factions in northern Iraq to declare a ceasefire.