1.   There were Democratic party militants, anarchists, people with no party, workers, small businessmen, intellectuals, professional people.

2.   Among the group were militants wanted by Israel, Palestinian national security officers and civilians.

3.   Both Georgian and American officials said they believed dozens of Afghan and Arab militants were still on the loose.

4.   A militant is one who does not rule out the use of violence to defend or propagate Islam.

5.   All Tiger militants are required to carry the capsules, and to swallow them if they face capture.

6.   But the situation remained tense, with the Russian military warning that the militants were mining the roads.

7.   Christian groups say Hindu nationalist militants have been emboldened to attack them because of the presence of a Hindu nationalist-led government.

8.   For years, the Tamil militants were a fringe movement of radicals and Marxists.

9.   Georgievski said ethnic Albanian militants were, for the moment, useful allies in his effort to bring down the Macedonian government.

10.   He said that if the young militants who seized the embassy had been careless, they could have killed the hostages.