1.   Helmeted police had to break up scuffles between separatists and federalists in downtown Montreal and there were fears of more trouble breaking out in some districts.

2.   Helmeted police with batons, bamboo sticks, and rifles kept students from leaving the gates and spilling into the streets.

3.   Outside the EU, they saw lines of barbed wire, riot trucks and helmeted police in case farmers planned a demonstration.

4.   A march planned as a silent procession against international trade agreements Friday led to skirmishes between helmeted police and protesters who toppled barricades and broke windows.

5.   Helmeted police with shields battled scores of Vietnamese asylum seekers who threw burning debris during a protest Thursday over plans to deport some of them.

6.   Helmeted police commandos in school hallways.

7.   Helmeted police ran alongside.

8.   Helmeted police, armed with batons and shields, escorted the marchers along the sidewalk.

9.   Helmeted police patrolled the streets.

10.   Helmeted police with shields stood by the sides of the roads but did not intervene.