11.  Government forces have been attacked by heavily armed paramilitary groups in several villages.

12.  The emergence of an Afrikaner paramilitary group calling itself Blanke Veiligheid in the gold mining town of Welkom led to heightened racial tension in the area.

13.  An aide to President Cesar Gaviria, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to Reuters the government was treating the existence of the new paramilitary group as genuine.

14.  The Right is better organised than the Left, and has already started forming volunteer paramilitary groups.

15.  Also, paramilitary group members who teach or demonstrate firearms- and explosives-related activities can also be charged with misdemeanors.

16.  Although human rights groups believe paramilitary groups are most responsible for the slayings of journalists, the rebels also have killed reporters.

17.  Although sovereigns vehemently oppose any form of gun control, and most own guns themselves, they deny affiliation with paramilitary groups.

18.  Although the Mitchell commission addressed the question of weapons held by Protestant paramilitary groups, the greater focus has been on the Irish Republican Army.

19.  An international commission charged with overseeing the disarming of paramilitary groups is set to deliver its report Monday.

20.  An outlawed Protestant paramilitary group, The Red Hand Defenders, which had publicly threatened to attack Catholic parents and police officers, claimed responsibility for the blast.