1.   Riot police fired in the air and lashed out with clubs to disperse hundreds of demonstrators.

2.   French troops fired tear gas Friday to disperse hundreds of ethnic Albanians who pelted peacekeepers with stones a day after attacks between Serbs and Albanians.

3.   Later, riot police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters from one intersection.

4.   Violence exploded on the streets of this divided city for a second day, forcing French and Italian troops to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators.

5.   Police and guardsmen fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of jobless workers who blockaded highways in the capital Wednseday.

6.   Police and members of a hard-line paramilitary squad arrested dozens of anti-government protesters Friday and used tear gas to disperse hundreds more from a Tehran park, witnesses said.

7.   Police initially attempted to disperse hundreds of looters by firing tear gas and warning shots into the air.

8.   Police used rubber bullets and tear gas Friday to disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting the closure of two mosques where an opposition Shiite Muslim cleric preaches.

9.   Outside the Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchanges, where the auction was held, police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting the privatization.

10.   Panamanian police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters taking part in a rally called by students and unions against an increase of the public transportation fares.