1.   But one student said that just before the shooting, the riot troops cocked their rifles, prompting a hail of taunts from the students.

2.   Fourteen thousand policemen and riot troops were deployed in the capital to assure order.

3.   In response, the riot troops fired tear gas into crowds and chased people down the streets with clubs, beating some senseless.

4.   State riot troops drove the peasants out of the City Hall late the next day, Ruiz said.

5.   The day started early with riot troops in black masks storming a bank and freeing six hostages.

6.   The water cannons and the riot troops will probably be kept out of sight.

7.   After nightfall Friday, riot troops on horseback had stormed the anti-Cubas demonstrators in the plaza, sparking a battle of flying rocks, tear gas and water cannons.

8.   After nightfall Friday, riot troops on horseback stormed the anti-Cubas demonstrators in the plaza, sparking a battle of flying rocks, tear gas and water cannons.

9.   As crowds watched the pageant end, however, several hundred soccer fans hurled bottles at police on the Champs Elysees, provoking an angry response from riot troops.

10.   As riot troops led away a bald, burly Englishman, Tunisian kids jeered.