11.   He and at least one other campaigner were sent out of Beijing before the date, and on that day, dozens of police guarded the embassy.

12.   Hundreds of riot police with shields and helmets guarded the embassy.

13.   Interfax said the car belonged to a Russian police officer assigned to guard the embassy.

14.   None of the local staff who were guarding the embassy was injured in the rampage.

15.   One of the police officers guarding the embassy, Col. Witthaya Wongpaibool, underscored that concern.

16.   One of the dead was a Peruvian police officer assigned to guard the embassy, which remained open, State Department spokesman Philip Reeker said Thursday.

17.   Police guarding the embassy tried to prevent the column from getting near the building but some demonstrators managed to push through and run to the embassy gate.

18.   Police guarding the embassy tried to disperse the rioters with tear gas and rubber bullets.

19.   Reinforcements have since been flown in to help guard the embassy.

20.   Russian authorities sent in extra police to guard the embassy, which is in a diplomatic compound housing officials from many countries.