1.  Given his background, Uribe could be especially effective in reining in the paramilitaries, and he says he will combat illegal groups on the left and right.

2.  Illegal Protestant groups are believed to be surging in China despite the campaign to stamp them out.

3.  It is widely known that in some areas of Colombia, illegal armed groups exert control because of an absence of effective local government and police.

4.  Lebanese prosecutors Tuesday charged two Syrians and six Palestinians arrested last week with forming illegal armed groups and attempting to fire rockets.

5.  On Saturday, Lebanon charged three Palestinians suspected of fighting rockets into Israel with forming an illegal military group.

6.  Several human rights, environmental, and antimilitarist groups were denied documentation, essentially making them illegal groups.

7.  The military denies it has ties to the illegal groups.

8.  The police said the violence had been orchestrated by the Ulster Defense Association, an illegal paramilitary group.

9.  The U.S. should suspend all military aid and arms sales to Colombia because its military has close ties to illegal paramilitary groups, a leading human rights group said.

10.  Other charges include joining an illegal group, harming national unity and peace, threatening the life of the president and illegal possession of firearms.