11.   Hundreds of riot police and soldiers maintained their positions around Zhongnanhai.

12.   Israeli security services have made large-scale preparations for potential violence on that day, even moving tanks into position around Palestinian cities.

13.   It uses eight phonetic hand shapes that represent groups of consonant sounds and four positions around the face to represent groups of vowel sounds.

14.   Serbian and Bosnian government troops are to pull back from their positions around Sarajevo.

15.   Some Marines took up positions around the theater, while others slipped through the main door and disappeared.

16.   Sponsors say the wildly colorful Democratic donkeys and Republican elephants will be placed in prominent positions around the city to amuse and engage tourists and citizens alike.

17.   The fires followed a night illuminated by flashes as NATO fighters hit Bosnian Serb positions all around Sarajevo.

18.   The Itar-Tass news agency quoted a senior Russian official as saying troops planned to consolidate their positions around Grozny.

19.   The Israelis said they had destroyed the homes to halt gunfire from positions around them.

20.   The reservists were initially to be withdrawn from their positions around the capital as a sign of good will, amid fresh international efforts at peace.