1.   Almost by return, he was hit by a missile which looked like a rotting cabbage.

2.   But the magazine hit back by producing a picture of Mrs Barantes with one of their journalists.

3.   On the one hand, people in communities hard hit by criminal activity need to be protected.

4.   The parliamentarians hit back by accusing Mr Obasanjo of overstepping his powers and showing dictatorial tendencies.

5.   The multi-millionaire already hit back by threatening to take newspaper to court.

6.   ...procedures for decontaminating pilots hit by chemical weapons.

7.   The oyster farming industry, already hit by recession, would face extinction should the proposals be implemented.