1.   As union members manned picket lines throughout the region Thursday, they pledged to stay off the job as long as necessary to win a better contract offer.

2.   Ecopetrol has a fall-back plan for strikes whereby non-union members man key installations to keep oil production running.

3.   Family members manned computer databases and tables of official family records to help their namesake cousins find their own particular lineage.

4.   The three others who died were in a third expedition manned by members of the Indo-Tibetan Border Force, an Indian paramilitary organization.

5.   Visitors who get past the ropes outside are immediately greeted by another set leading to the lounge downstairs, manned by members of some new pro-stubble cult.

6.   Sandbag bunkers are located on rooftops and at several intersections manned by members of rival warlords.

7.   The air raids came a few hours after Hezbollah guerrillas attacked several posts manned by members of the South Lebanon Army in the occupied zone.

8.   The air raids came a few hours after Hezbollah guerrillas attacked several posts manned by members of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army militia in the occupied zone.

9.   Unidentified gunmen opened fire on an observation post manned by members of the international security force early Saturday, their commander said.

10.   The spokesman said first reports pinned the attack on LTTE boats manned by members of the rebel naval wing, the Sea Tigers.