The accord requires governments to hold cease-fire talks with insurgent groups.

The event is held in a tournament fashion, with groups of competitors divided into blocks beforehand.

Illinois Central had hoped to find another suitor, but nothing came of talks it held with several unidentified groups.

Smith began attending Methodist services regularly, later holding his own meetings with small groups of young people.

T-Rex officials and the artists held weekly meetings with local groups to talk about the walls.

"Who do we know who holds ten thousand meetings a year with select groups?"

And in an ambitious outreach program, the church has held 50 separate meetings with small groups of parishioners since January.

But the researchers said it was uncertain whether their results would hold true with other ethnic groups and with women.

Some events are held jointly with other local groups.

And for several days afterward he held conferences with small groups and conducted certain investigations.