11.   The government has rejected demands that it suspend diplomatic relations with Washington and has also promised to protect foreigners.

12.   The Israeli army says it posted the sign to protect foreigners from potential violence as Israeli troops hand Bethlehem over to Palestinian control in the week before Christmas.

13.   The government has condemned the threats, rejected demands that it suspend diplomatic relations with Washington and promised to protect foreigners.

14.   There have been no reports of serious violence and Indonesian security forces have promised to protect foreigners.

15.   French troops moved in Monday to protect foreigners in the city.

16.   He called on the German government to deal more actively with the issue of xenophobia, demanding preventative political measures to protect foreigners.

17.   Iran pledged on Tuesday to protect foreigners living here after radical students tried to storm the German embassy to protest charges of terrorism against the Islamic republic.

18.   Algerian Prime Minister Mokdad Sifi issued a statement saying the government would do everything in its power to protect foreigners in Algeria.

19.   Meziane-Cherif, who is in Tunis attending the conference, has dismissed the threats and said his country would protect foreigners from Moslem fundamentalist attacks.

20.   Parliament speaker Ali Akbar Nategh Nuri pledged on Tuesday to protect foreigners living here after radical students tried to storm the German embassy to protest the terrorism charges.