51.   But police officers in Times Square said there were several arrests, and eyewitnesses reported seeing at least two people removed from the scene in ambulances.

52.   But President Vladimir Putin, traveling abroad, insisted that the arrest had been an unwelcome surprise to him.

53.   But the arrests may be more of an effort to deflect growing criticism that authorities are not doing enough to begin accounting for killers among the refugees.

54.   But there had been no arrests Monday.

55.   But the fears of a sudden wave of arrests were unwarranted, said Marilyn Mode, a police spokeswoman.

56.   But this arrest was different, a quantum leap different.

57.   But to Giorgio, the arrest was the end of a long quest.

58.   But to those who say they were ripped off by Frankel, the arrest is good news.

59.   But they acknowledged that arrests were unlikely, since the few witnesses who saw them running from the bus were not able to provide much information.

60.   But, human rights groups in most cases have been unable to determine if the past arrests were based on religious persecution.