11.   Armed police, who routinely guard the homes of prominent politicians in Zimbabwe, said the ex-president was not making any appointments.

12.   Five policemen now guard his home while authorities process a patent application.

13.   Four armored personnel carriers loaded with soldiers were guarding the home of Gen. Than Shwe, the leader of the ruling junta.

14.   In north Belfast, protesters scuffled with police and soldiers guarding Protestant homes near one police barracks.

15.   It said that Serbs and residents of Montenegro, the other Yugoslav republic, have set up armed units in the area to guard their homes.

16.   Mrs. Chretien was unharmed, and the intruder was arrested after a delayed response by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police security unit guarding the home.

17.   Officer Edward Byrne was shot as he sat in a patrol car guarding the home of a witness in a drug case.

18.   Police have guarded his home since his release for fear of retaliation by right-wing extremists, the Maariv newspaper said Wednesday.

19.   She refuses, choosing instead to trust the French soldiers who guard her home.

20.   Soldiers meanwhile guarded the home of former Prime Minister Faustin Twagiramungu, who was fired Monday.