31.   The confrontation took place beneath a huge TV screen outside of the Staples Center carrying live video from the speeches inside.

32.   The confrontation took place near the Ellipse that is patrolled by the U.S. Park Police.

33.   The confrontations took place Sunday and Monday, the agency said.

34.   The first confrontation reportedly took place in a residential area near the port city of Benghazi, the witnesses said.

35.   The first confrontation took place in a residential area near the port city of Benghazi, the witnesses reportedly said.

36.   He said the neighbour investigated the noise and a confrontation took place between the neighbour and Diaz.

37.   Another confrontation took place outside the building in which protestors carrying a mock coffin, representing the death of Hong Kong democracy, pushed against a cordon of police.

38.   Police said they had been taken by surprise after receiving information that a confrontation might take place at another venue.

39.   Sporadic confrontations took place over the weekend in the north of the city after a controversial loyalist march on Friday evening.

40.   The confrontation took a further turn Wednesday, after reformist deputies were accused of widescale corruption as they targetted key conservative figures of the regime.