1.   Congress passed what became known as the Rap Brown Law, which banned crossing state lines to spark disturbances.

2.   The disturbance was sparked by the acquittal of white officers accused of beating black motorist Rodney King.

3.   U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, who has ultimate authority in the case, has insisted she would do everything possible to avoid sparking any disturbances.

4.   Police fear that large crowds in neighborhoods and villages dominated by Muslim militants could spark disturbances.

5.   A young Turkish immigrant suffered serious bullet wounds Wednesday in an incident in a Brussels suburb which sparked disturbances that left another ten people injured, witnesses reported.

6.   Another source said a complaint by an ethnic Chinese about noise made by Moslems sparked the disturbances.