1.   Sirens shrieked and coloured beacons went round and round the way some of them do.

2.   Occasionally a siren shrieks through the room, or the lilting sound of a steel drum, which is the glorious quintessence of yoga in the city.

3.   Air raids sirens shrieked in Baghdad Tuesday as U.S. forces fired volleys of cruise missiles on Iraq to punish Saddam Hussein for weekend assaults on Kurdish rebels.

4.   Air raids sirens shrieked in Baghdad Tuesday as the United States launched an attack on Iraq to punish Saddam Hussein for weekend assaults on Kurdish rebels.

5.   Emergency sirens shrieked across the capital when the quake occurred, and traffic suddenly halted on major highways as drivers stopped and jumped from their swaying cars.