31.   Solemn ceremonies were scheduled Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the first bombing in the Saint Michel metro station that killed eight people.

32.   The casket containing the remains was handed over at a solemn ceremony at the border peace village of Panmunjom.

33.   The dedication of the still-incomplete but functioning building had practically the rank of a solemn national ceremony.

34.   The new government was to be formally sworn in at a solemn evening ceremony in the presence of Emperor Akihito.

35.   The new king was sworn in four hours later in a solemn ceremony at Parliament.

36.   The new government was formally sworn in at a solemn evening ceremony in the presence of Emperor Akihito.

37.   The solemn ceremony was attended by a host of legislators and foreign dignitaries, the highest-ranking being Taiwanese Vice President Li Yuan-Zu.

38.   The solemn ceremony was only interrupted when the outgoing premier Cavaco Silva momentarily fainted while Soares spoke.

39.   The solemn ceremony in front of hundreds of legislators and dozens of journalists, was blessed by Teoctist, head of the Romanian Orthodox Church.

40.   The title was conferred in a solemn ceremony at the University of Indonesia campus in Depok, West Java, by the rector, M.K. Tadjudin.