71.   Earlier, police had fired plastic bullets at youths among the marchers who had bombarded them with firebombs, bottles, rocks and other missiles.

72.   Earlier, locking their shields together and firing plastic bullets, police forced the Protestant crowd back into the cemetery at Drumcree church north of Portadown.

73.   Earlier Thursday, police blocking the Protestant marchers at a rural church field fired plastic bullets to repeal protesters who briefly broke through a security line.

74.   Five protesters were injured by plastic bullets and at least one policeman was hurt, state-run radio said.

75.   His right hand is bandaged from a plastic bullet strike, inflicted as he took part in rioting against police trying to protect the cars and businesses.

76.   Hundreds were injured when police and soldiers stopped them with plastic bullets, batons and tear gas.

77.   Hundreds of students were injured, many hit by plastic bullets fired by riot officers.

78.   In Ballymurphy, youths tossed gasoline bombs at a police-army barracks and used metal bed frames of single beds as shields against police plastic bullets.

79.   In response, officers sporadically fired plastic bullets at rioters.

80.   In the pre-dawn rioting, residents threw firebombs and bricks, and troops fired on them with plastic bullets.