1.   The police are fighting a tough battle against crime.

2.   In the latest incident at the weekend police fought a gun battle with a gang which used hand grenades against them.

3.   Later Thursday, the police fought running street battles with hundreds of pro-reform students, dispersing some of them with tear gas.

4.   The drug activity the undercover police were fighting a year ago in far west Houston shocked Higgins with its openness.

5.   There, the Israeli police fought once more with protesters on the streets outside Orient House.

6.   Outside, riot police fought running battles with thousands of demonstrators who had started out with a peaceful, legal demonstration pressing for broad-based constitutional reform.

7.   Palestinian police fought Muslim militants Friday during an attempt to arrest a fugitive gunman, witnesses said.

8.   Paramilitary riot police fought running battles Tuesday with hundreds of university students who were protesting the killing of a fellow student by soldiers.

9.   Police fought with small groups of stone-throwing demonstrators throughout the night.

10.   Paramilitary riot police fought running battles Tuesday with hundreds of university students protesting the killing of one of their colleagues by soldiers.