21.  Armed groups of various persuasions have pressured mayors and city council members to finance projects to their liking.

22.  Armed groups confronted each other after midnight in a standoff in the central Skanderbeg Square, but apparently no shots were fired.

23.  Armed groups sprang up on the right and the left.

24.  Armed groups have overwhelmingly attacked civilians rather than each other in this conflict.

25.  Armed groups take control of the rest of the country.

26.  Before the Security Council delegation left the region, Rwanda was attacked by armed groups from Congo.

27.  Both armed groups, which earn millions of dollars annually from the illegal drug trade, sometimes force young Paez to join their ranks as guides and fighters.

28.  Both armed groups have stepped up their recruitment of Indian youths and frequently trespass on remote reservations.

29.  A CNN poll asked whether we should investigate armed groups even if their rights are infringed.

30.  A report this month in the weekly newsmagazine Proceso quoted military intelligence documents as saying that armed subversive groups were active in seven areas around the state.