31.   An armed man took a number of students hostage inside a primary school in a Paris suburb Monday afternoon and police took position outside, school officials said.

32.   At the other end, Skander Souayah moved into a wide open shooting position outside the Colombian penalty area but shot tamely wide.

33.   But U.N. sources said they had now expanded that demand, insisting that government troops also abandon positions outside the DMZ that they won in fighting last fall.

34.   Choate often has taken positions outside the mainstream of economic thought, which generally promotes free trade.

35.   Doughtery said authorities were unable to prevent Johnston from entering the bank but took up positions outside and awaited his exit.

36.   Dozens of soldiers in machine gun-mounted jeeps took up positions outside the shattered embassy.

37.   Earlier in the day, other groups of demonstrators, then pro-and-con, took up positions outside the Embassy.

38.   Dozens of soldiers in machine gun mounted jeeps took up positions outside the shattered embassy.

39.   Fifteen tanks, meanwhile, took up positions outside the palace to guard it.

40.   Finance Minister Sauli Niinisto warned before the vote that the markka would be in a weaker position outside the ERM than inside it.