1.   Economic success would ensure political calm, said Ziad Abdelnour, managing director of private finance at New York-based Continuum Capital, Inc.

2.   Mayor Rudolph Giuliani also continued to try to ensure calm.

3.   Some residents who left town warned that they would refuse to go back home unless the agreement ensured lasting calm.

4.   As in past years, Israeli troops will patrol the town and put pilgrims through metal detectors to try to ensure calm.

5.   Barak said he held Syria, the main power broker in Lebanon, ultimately responsible for ensuring calm on the border.

6.   Following the meeting, FSB spokesman Alexander Mikhailov told ITAR-Tass the service was taking steps to ensure calm during the vote.

7.   The first deadly violence in more than a week came as the sides prepared for talks with CIA chief George Tenet aimed at ensuring calm.

8.   Ukrainian Deputy Interior Minister Valery Chernyshov told the Interfax news agency that Ukraine will ensure calm in the region.

9.   The TIPH will initially have a three-month mandate, and will be tasked with ensuring calm among the Palestinians and Jewish settlers in Hebron.

10.   The trial is taking place in Denver to ensure calm.