101.   On Thursday night, security forces fired plastic bullets to stop a fresh clash between Catholics and Protestants in the Short Strand area of east Belfast.

102.   On Friday, the troops unleashed an arsenal of plastic bullets, tear gas and water cannon on stone-throwing protesters in two days of clashes near Parliament.

103.   Patrick Gormley spoke through a haze of morphine about the moment that riot police shattered his shin with a plastic bullet.

104.   One soldier was struck in the face by a rock before police scattered the mob with volleys of plastic bullets.

105.   Police closed roads leading into town and fired plastic bullets to restore order.

106.   Police fired back on one instance with plastic bullets but on many occasions seemed to avoid confrontation.

107.   Police fired hundreds of plastic bullets from behind lines of armored cars and beat protesters with truncheons.

108.   Police fired plastic bullets at a crowd gathered near a holiday bonfire in the area, and to break up a disturbance in south Belfast.

109.   Police fired plastic bullets at Catholic youths tossing stones and bricks.

110.   Police authorities also announced stricter rules for using plastic bullets in Northern Ireland.