1.   The activity gave a normality to the scene which belied the extraordinary events that had taken place there just a few days before.

2.   A pro-monarchy demonstration erupted into gun battles between royalists and police on Thursday, escalating the instability that has outlived elections meant to return some normality to Albania.

3.   But the task facing the interim administration as it tries to return normality to Somalia remains daunting.

4.   Russian authorities are eager to demonstrate they are restoring a semblance of normality to life in the atmosphere of chaos and violence.

5.   Russia is interested in working together with the Council of Europe to restore normality to war-ravaged Chechnya, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Saturday.

6.   They remained hidden from public view, as the military government apparently sought to present a picture of normality to Rangoon residents.

7.   It also restored a semblance of normality to a competition which has spawned upset after upset and left traditional world football powers with egg all over their faces.

8.   But the sorrow was forgotten for the night as if only football could bring a breath of normality to a city paralysed by emotion.