1.   After the truce was announced, McCain postponed the hearing until July.

2.   Without water, food or much hope, they left as soon as Russian and Chechen radio announced a truce beginning Wednesday at noon.

3.   After the truce was announced at the summit, the two sides agreed to wait until around midday Friday to determine whether it was working.

4.   Another renegade gang, the Loyalist Volunteers, announced a truce in May but has no dependable political leadership and has frequently killed Catholics without claiming responsibility.

5.   Announcing a truce with Tamil Tiger guerrillas starting Sunday, Mrs. Kumaratunga said about two percent of the gross domestic product would be saved.

6.   As of Thursday evening, neither side had formally announced the truce.

7.   But he, too, did not formally announce the truce.

8.   Corsican militants announce truce.

9.   Earlier Tuesday, before the truce was announced, a Palestinian farmer was killed.

10.   However, neither Barak nor Arafat appeared ready to formally announce the truce Thursday night.