1.   Human rights groups and Tamil politicians have criticized police for detaining hundreds of Tamils every week while searching for separatist guerrillas.

2.   Human-rights groups and Tamil politicians have criticized police for detaining hundreds of Tamils every week while searching for guerrillas fighting for a separate homeland.

3.   Members of the Ogoni ethnic group accused the military regime of detaining hundreds of activists before a U.N. team arrived in their opposition stronghold in southeastern Nigeria on Monday.

4.   Saudi opposition groups, operating underground or from offices in London, have accused the government of detaining hundreds of people for questioning in the bombing case.

5.   When the United Nations called in NATO airstrikes against Serbs last fall, the Serbs responded by detaining hundreds of peacekeepers.

6.   Security forces acknowledge detaining hundreds of Tamils in Colombo as part of tight security measures to prevent possible LTTE attacks in the capital.