1.   Days in advance, police units sealed off areas around the Elysees Palace and the Normandy sites Bush is to tour.

2.   Hurriyet newspaper said the Turkish units also sealed the escape routes of the rebels along the Syrian-Iraqi border inside northern Iraq.

3.   Military units sealed the area surrounding the depot.

4.   Police units sealed off the residential district and launched a counterattack to try to retake the jail, added the newspaper, which is usually reliable on security issues.