Soccer players, rebel commanders and paramilitary leaders, among many others, all answered her questions.

Second, obtaining witnesses against these two paramilitary leaders has proved difficult.

Before it began, he notes, came a campaign in which five Protestant paramilitary leaders were gunned down.

The paramilitary leaders had proceeded with talks on the assurance that they would not serve long prison terms or turn over all their wealth.

The latest killing came despite efforts by the British authorities to clamp down on paramilitary leaders.

Most of those killings were by right-wing paramilitary leaders linked to rogue army units.

"We deplore the incident that occurred yesterday," the paramilitary leader said.

On the face of it, such meetings with paramilitary leaders seem unlikely.

And they say it is his government that should decide the fate of paramilitary leaders.

One paramilitary leader announced that a "sea of fire" would result in the event of a vote for independence.