1.   Hineni, a Jewish outreach group, is one such meeting venue.

2.   Protesters kept far from the meeting venue marched peacefully Wednesday through downtown Calgary, snarling traffic while police on bicycles moved with them.

3.   Police barricaded streets surrounding the meeting venues as protesters began gathering in the late morning for a previously scheduled peace march in the city.

4.   Police said one person was arrested at a checkpoint on the lone paved road to the meeting venue in southern Alberta.

5.   Protesters kept far from the meeting venue marched peacefully through downtown Calgary, snarling traffic while police on bicycles moved with them.

6.   Reporters were prevented from reaching the meeting venue by policemen.

7.   Special forces and police stand guard at every intersection and street leading to the meeting venue, allowing only official vehicles to pass.

8.   The activists and supporters of the Awami League and its front organisations gathered at the meeting venue chanting slogans.

9.   The newspaper said special female police officers transferred from Beijing began Thursday to patrol around meeting venues.

10.   The rebels refused to sign a draft cease-fire and stormed out of the meeting venue.