41.   A left-wing demonstrator was arrested with a knife at a checkpoint, but she was released after the weapon was confiscated, police said.

42.   A Palestinian security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Arafat has given orders to confiscate illegal weapons.

43.   A special police task force is fighting the violence by confiscating weapons.

44.   Adm. T. Joseph Lopez issued the warning the day after Serb police in the northern city Banja Luka tried to block a British patrol that was confiscating weapons.

45.   All their weapons were confiscated.

46.   After those weapons were confiscated, Silvarian was allowed to board his scheduled flight, but was taken into custody before the plane took off.

47.   Also Tuesday, the Muslim militant group Hamas complained that Palestinian police have raided homes of followers and confiscated weapons.

48.   Arafat decided to confiscate illegal weapons as his police arrested dozens of suspected extremists.

49.   Authorities confiscated weapons including machetes and clubs, which were piled in the back of at least one vehicle.

50.   Authorities have not said how they plan to confiscate weapons not handed in by the deadlines.