21.   Scores of police and security officers ringed the building in downtown Cairo, but did not intervene even when a brief shoving match broke out among journalists.

22.   Scores of police and security officers ringed the building during the rally, but did not intervene even when a brief shoving match broke out among journalists.

23.   Several hundred soldiers ringed the building.

24.   Snipers stood on the roof and armed officers ringed the building.

25.   The bullet-riddled airport buildings are ringed by surface-to-air missile launchers to guard against attacks by the warplanes of factions fighting the forces of President Burhanuddin Rabbani.

26.   The building was ringed with tanks -- including several captured from the opposition in fierce fighting in Grozny on Saturday -- anti-aircraft guns and well-armed troops.

27.   The building was ringed with tanks -- including several captured from the opposition in fierce fighting in Grozny Saturday -- anti-aircraft guns and well-armed troops.

28.   Authorities ringed the building with personnel dressed in riot gear and armed with automatic weapons and shotguns.

29.   China -- which recognises North and South Korea -- ringed the building with security personnel at nightfall and the pair are believed to have spent the night inside.

30.   China -- which recognises North and South Korea -- ringed the building with security personnel at nightfall and South Korean diplomats confirmed the pair spent the night inside.