21.   Stamford has only been charged however with the relatively minor offences of incitement to sexual exploitation and publishing indecent material.

22.   Some minor offences carry only a three-month ban.

23.   Some of the arrests were made for minor offences such as riding a stolen bicycle.

24.   The French parliament Wednesday gave final approval to a presidential amnesty for some minor offences, a post-election tradition instituted by Charles de Gaulle.

25.   The only discordant note was the arrest of a handful of fans for minor offences, including stealing football shirts from a bar.