Ayau says Hui Malama members believed they had consensus from the other three groups when they checked all 83 objects out of the museum, reburied them in the caves, and sealed up the entrance.

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Three other research groups at different institutions replicated Yamanaka's findings.

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Researchers then transferred samples from the guts of the three groups of mice into other germ-free mice.

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Three major groups have watched each other suspiciously: Sunni Arabs, Shiite Arabs and Kurds.

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Other international groups promised to invest up to three billion U.S. dollars in building the green wall.

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In team competitions, groups of three compete against each other, with a fencer from each team competing in bouts of up to three minutes.

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In groups of three - one student from the home, school and play groups - students complete each other's questionnaires.

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There were factions amongst staff with three groups who did not communicate with each other.

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It was not clear whether the groups in the three areas had links to each other.

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About 20 people, in pairs or in groups of three, chained their arms together inside sections of drain pipes and other plastic tubing and lay down on the road in front of the north gate, while eight other people did the same at the south gate.

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Cross-party groups in the assembly include AMs from at least three parties, and can include other members from outside the assembly, related to its activities.

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