1.   Finally, the Navy points out, the military conducts bombing exercises much closer to other communities within the United States with little or no protest.

2.   In many cases, these Democrats represent districts where the military is not only welcome but conducts similar bombing exercises.

3.   The only visible protest sign was a small white placard calling for the U.S. military to stop bombing exercises on Vieques, off Puerto Rico.

4.   Vieques residents are to vote on a referendum in November on whether the Navy should be allowed to continue bombing exercises.

5.   An interdenominational Christian group in the United States is urging President Bush to halt U.S. Navy bombing exercises on the small Puerto Rican island of Vieques.

6.   Bombing exercises resumed when the range was cleared, he said.

7.   Demonstrators are claiming partial success in forcing repeated delays of the shelling and bombing exercises yesterday.

8.   Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. headed into court Friday saying he is ready to go to jail for trespassing to protest U.S. Navy bombing exercises on Vieques island.

9.   He was beaten up by protesters hours after the U.S. Navy began bombing exercises on the contested firing range on Vieques on Monday.

10.   In the April ruling, the Seoul Civil Court said the noise during U.S. bombing exercise is twice that permitted by law for residential areas.