31.   Milosevic asserted that NATO bombs caused the fires when they hit military barracks in Djakovica and that Serb police fought to protect the residents from Kosovo Liberation Army rebels.

32.   Muller, a medical doctor, had argued that the community had a civic duty to protect residents from the dangers of smoking and secondhand smoke.

33.   On Garvaghy Road, officers parked their armored cars continuously Monday to protect residents from Protestant mobs.

34.   Russian officials insist they are trying to keep order and protect residents.

35.   Residents are protected by armed private security companies, carry panic buttons and often live behind high walls and electrified fences.

36.   Russian officials insist that the operations are an effort to keep order, protect residents and flush out terrorists.

37.   Russian officials insist they are trying to keep order and protect residents in the volatile republic.

38.   The army has been building fortifications in northern Israel designed to protect residents from possible cross-border attacks.

39.   The neglect may have been encouraged by government promises that the Three Gorges Dam will store floodwaters and protect residents along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze.

40.   The tense town of Hebron would be last, with soldiers remaining in parts of the town to protect Jewish residents.