31.   Its activities have provoked a crackdown by Uzbek authorities that has government agents monitoring mosques and men shaving their beards for fear they will be labeled Islamic radicals.

32.   Residents say the Taliban beat and killed Tajiks and Uzbeks for shaving their beards and for not wearing turbans, practices the Taliban said were required by Islamic law.

33.   The Americans next shaved their beards, which their Muslim faith obliges them to grow.

34.   The guard does not have to shave the beard while disciplinary proceedings are pending.

35.   The Palestinian police chief acknowledged Wednesday that his force had committed human rights abuses, including forcibly shaving the beards of Islamic leaders while in custody.

36.   The simple choice of shaving his beard has made him something of an outcast.

37.   While children flew kites, teen-agers listened to music and men shaved their beards in Kabul, most women remained home.

38.   The Palestinian delegation brought them an Iraqi hairdresser to shave their beards and cut their hair.

39.   Justice Secretary Teofisto Guingona said Jalosjos, who had shaved his beard, would be taken to a suburban jail after being examined by doctors.

40.   On Sunday, the militants were given a haircut and their heavy beards were cleanly shaved, one eyewitness said.