51.   Some of the police were wearing chemical-protection gear, while others carried riot shields.

52.   The police and soldiers blocked the marchers with barriers, trucks and riot shields.

53.   The police responded by lining up behind their riot shields.

54.   The police used truncheons and riot shields to shove them back into the street.

55.   The soldiers, surprised, briefly set aside their riot shields and clasped hands with the priests.

56.   The students finally scattered after the U.N. troops, guns drawn and riot shields raised, charged the protesters amid a hail of rocks.

57.   The Solomon Islands Government had asked New Zealand and Australia to supply police batons, riot shields and flak jackets to help it cope with the escalating violence,

58.   Then, they will be equipped with sticks, riot shields, handcuffs and be empowered to make arrests.

59.   They were met by riot police wearing riot shields and masks who fired tear gas bombs and water cannon.

60.   They will be equipped with sticks, riot shields and handcuffs and will have powers of arrest.