71.   Roads leading to the parliament were closed for traffic and police and armed soldiers guarded the streets.

72.   Soldiers carrying rifles guarded some polling sites.

73.   Soldiers guard the gates of both settlements.

74.   Soldiers would guard intersections and passageways and leave lighted markers to alert new squads which areas have been cleared.

75.   Soldiers also guarded the state radio and TV center.

76.   Soldiers guarded satellite stations outside Managua, and police watched the city stations.

77.   Soldiers guarded some schools in low-income neighborhoods considered vulnerable to attacks, but military presence was discrete elsewhere.

78.   Soldiers meanwhile guarded the home of former Prime Minister Faustin Twagiramungu, who was fired Monday.

79.   Soldiers were guarding gas stations.

80.   Television also warned Albanians against looting more state armories, saying they were now guarded by soldiers ready to shoot.