21.   From time to time, the troops, using plastic shields to protect against a hail of rocks, charged forward.

22.   Hundreds of riot police first used their shields to remove the protesters in a drive to open the bridge.

23.   It gave no details on how human shields were used.

24.   Military troops in camouflage outfits stood guard around the stadium, and police used their shields to prevent possible flying objects from reaching the field.

25.   NATO spokesman Jamie Shea said in Brussels that the forces of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic used human shields.

26.   Officers in helmets used riot shields to shove the demonstrators into an alley.

27.   Riot police used shields to form a human barricade to prevent them from marching in.

28.   The entire world condemns the tactic of using human shields.

29.   The new shield is being used to protect the bearer against bullets and knives.

30.   Three more killed, militants reported using human shields.