1.   THUGS attacked and robbed a young cancer victim as he played on his new mountain bike.

2.   And to a crime in Lawrence, Mass., where an interracial couple was attacked by thugs with baseball bats.

3.   The decision by the National Constitutional Assembly came after thugs attacked its peaceful march over the weekend, injuring several people.

4.   They say that thugs attack participants at opposition political gatherings while police officers watch.

5.   Paris transport workers walked off the job on Wednesday following the death of a ticket inspector who had reportedly been attacked by thugs.

6.   A year ago, thugs attacked the home of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a senior cleric, after he publicly questioned the rule of the clerics.

7.   Instead, pro-Indonesia thugs are indiscriminately attacking residents who yearn for independence and peace.

8.   Journalists and the offices of several moderate newspapers have been attacked by thugs who take their cues from the hard-liners.

9.   Mosques have also been vandalized and sprayed with graffiti, and Indian Sikhs have been attacked by thugs in the street, he added.

10.   Workers who were fired from the Itapsa plant also said they were attacked by thugs while handing out leaflets outside the factory gate in December.