1.   American soldiers jotted down licence plate numbers.

2.   It cited exact licence plate numbers it said it obtained from Croatian border police.

3.   VANCOUVER -- Police are investigating a police computer system to see if an officer was using it to check out licence plate numbers of abortion workers.

4.   Then a second official repeats the ritual in a room full of modern equipment and stores the licence number on a computerised file.

5.   They said they had noted down the licence numbers of cars driven by the attackers and would make arrests later.