1.   Over the past year Ms Deen has been delving into the national archives, in order to discover information on the early Muslim settlers.

2.   The killings followed a week of clashes between armed militants belonging to the Bodo tribal group and Muslim settlers from Bangladesh.

3.   Tribal people clashed with Muslim settlers on one of the outlying islands.

4.   But it reportedly refused to expel Muslim settlers and security forces.

5.   Hundreds of Muslim settlers in Khagrachari, a hill district covered by the accord, stormed and damaged the office of a local administrator and the press club.

6.   In the Maluku chain of islands in central Indonesia, a Christian-Muslim war broke out two years ago largely due to an influx of Muslim settlers.

7.   Indonesia can develop East Timor faster if there is greater harmony between its Roman Catholic people and pro-government Muslim settlers, the foreign minister said Tuesday.

8.   Larma, a former guerrillas leader, has refused to join the proposed Regional Council for Chittagong Hills, protesting the inclusion of three Muslim settlers.

9.   Meanwhile, Muslim settlers in three insurgency-hit districts called for a general strike Sunday to press for their inclusion in the talks.

10.   Muslim settlers retaliated and chased the extortionists out of the marketplace, but hours later the attackers returned to loot, the official added.