1.   Mr Amato hurried from his office to the nearby Quirinale palace to present his plans to President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, who later signed decrees approving the nominations.

2.   Joama and her companions said that once they finish at the Jokhang in late November, they will circle then pray inside the nearby Potala palace.

3.   At the nearby state palace, President Megawati Sukarnoputri declined to bow to mounting pressure to pull out of the U.S.-sponsored war against terrorism.

4.   He then appealed for mutineers to return to the negotiating table, but instead they began pounding the national radio station and the nearby presidential palace.

5.   Security was also tight at the nearby state palace, where Wahid meet thousands of wellwishers.

6.   Smoke wafted in the aftermath as hundreds rushed to fill the plaza, while armed troops stood guard at the nearby presidential palace.

7.   Smoke wafted in the aftermath as hundreds rushed to fill the square, although armed troops stood guard at the nearby presidential palace.

8.   He said heavy security surrounded the nearby presidential palace.

9.   A breakaway group also tried to breach police barricades around the nearby presidential palace.

10.   They then all went to the nearby presidential palace for discussions with president Emile Jonassaint, head of the military-installed government that Washington has branded as illegal.