21.   One policeman told reporters that the Israelis shot at them.

22.   One Palestinian policeman told reporters that the Israelis shot at them during the confrontation.

23.   One policeman told photographers that this was not the kind of event the Palestinian Authority wanted to see photographed.

24.   Some policemen told reporters they had orders to bar people who wished to join the party congress.

25.   The protesters unfurled their banner at the back of the hall while Anwar was speaking, but complied when policemen told them to go outside.

26.   The police chief denied it, but some policemen told local reporters they wanted out.

27.   There were no ambulances around and a policeman told me no-one was injured.

28.   When Benachour made comments critical of the Algerian government while in Tunisia, the policeman told The Observer he noted them in a file.

29.   When the policeman told Nikki she had fat thighs she was incensed.

30.   A policeman told AFP that police had been instructed to move strongly against any illegal demonstrations.