31.   Two abortion rights supporters were arrested earlier in the week and charged with assault in unrelated incidents involving pushing during the demonstrations.

32.   Yunesi did not say how many Taliban supporters were arrested or how long they had been held.

33.   In the Basque country itself, police arrested three supporters of the separatist movement ETA overnight.

34.   A HAMAS leaflet calling on police to disobey orders to arrest HAMAS supporters was distributed at the press conference.

35.   A spokeswoman from the Haarlem justice department told AFP that the five supporters had been arrested after police had watched the videos from the traffic cameras.

36.   As they reinstalled the barricades, Burmese anti-riot police also arrested further supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi who had gathered outside her house despite the government warnings.

37.   Chowdhury was taken to a clinic with minor injuries, and five League supporters were also arrested.

38.   The Moslem Brotherhood said its supporters had been arrested en masse and three candidates were detained in an attempt to prevent them campaigning.

39.   Thirty four German and Dutch supporters were arrested on the run-up to the international friendly match between the two sides here on Wednesday.

40.   Three Chelsea supporters were arrested here after they attacked a trio of German merchant navy personnel, injuring one of them seriously, police said Thursday.