1.   Inpeg, the Czech environmentalist umbrella group that organised the protests, refused to condemn Molotov cocktails being thrown at police.

2.   An umbrella group known as the U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance sponsors the plan.

3.   An agreement with a similar primary care umbrella group is pending upstate, officials said.

4.   And Saturday night, the umbrella group of Jewish settlers, the Yesha Council, issued a statement condemning the deal.

5.   Another umbrella group, which is linked to the Roman Catholic Church, took a central role in organizing the Zapatista convention in Chiapas.

6.   At least nine people were hospitalized, according to a spokesman for the National Constitutional Assembly, an umbrella group of civic organizations, which organized the demonstration.

7.   Becky H. Timmons, chief lobbyist at the American Council on Education, an umbrella group for colleges and universities, praised Congress for its work this year.

8.   A furious local Labor Party councilman is challenging Woodward by running as a candidate for a small left-wing umbrella group.

9.   A spokesman for the new industry umbrella group, the World Diamond Council, shot back that its overtures to craft compromise legislation with Hall were rebuffed.

10.   But in a statement, the main paramilitary umbrella group denied involvement in the killing.