1.   As the procession neared Pershing Square Park in the center of the city, a diverse crowd of people left the square to line up along the street.

2.   After the clashes began during the rally, most of the students left the square.

3.   In Taksim, police soon closed the roads to traffic, leaving the square to a throng of bouncing, singing fans.

4.   Maskhadov said he ordered protesters to leave the square.

5.   On Friday, authorities demanded the protesters leave the square.

6.   On Thursday, they were then ordered to leave the square by city hall after a five-day protest.

7.   Foreign journalists were told to leave the square immediately, on the grounds that they did not have written permission to be in the area.

8.   All four were bundled into a police van and driven away, and jumpy uniformed police started to order journalists to leave the square.

9.   All four were bundled into police vehicles and driven away, and jumpy uniformed police started to order journalists to leave the square.

10.   But sporting a smile and wearing the traditional Chechen lambswool cap, Dudayev left the square surrounded by dozens of heavily armed guards.