1.   The police fired teargas in the central shopping district to disperse the rioters, creating panic among shoppers.

2.   The militia dispersed the rioters.

3.   But the rioters were soon dispersed by Palestinian officers, who quickly reopened the area to traffic.

4.   Other police and security officers noted that the forces acted with restraint Wednesday, letting the scene play itself out and not using their weapons to disperse the rioters.

5.   The security forces fired shots in the air to disperse rioters, many of whom appeared to be unemployed youths known as area boys.

6.   Police opened fire with live ammunition and tear gas to disperse rioters in downtown Lusaka earlier Wednesday.

7.   Police used water cannons to disperse the rioters, some of whom tossed firebombs in the clash, which lasted several hours.

8.   Police and paramilitary forces sealed off Jacobabad to outsiders and used tear gas to disperse the rioters in a series of running battles around the city throughout the day.

9.   Police and paramilitary forces sealed off Jacobabad to outsiders and used tear gas to disperse the rioters in running battles around the city throughout the day.

10.   Police on Wednesday opened fire to disperse rioters who besieged the central post office, enraged because thousands of U.S. immigration lottery forms were dumped into the sea.