1.   Hester shares with the Los Angeles Daily News the heartbreaking experience that has led her to make a commitment to help end youth violence.

2.   But the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front did not given an outright promise an end violence.

3.   President Liamine Zeroual promised during recent election campaigning to put an end violence from a Muslim insurgency.

4.   Powell earlier this week floated that idea, saying it would provide the Palestinians with hope for the future and thus might help end violence.

5.   UN Secretary General Kofi Annan asked the Security Council on Thursday to consider sending an armed multinational force to help end violence in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory.

6.   Military aid to African countries should be phased out and development assistance boosted to help end violence on the continent, a UN official said Tuesday.