1.   As street barricades came down and striking transportation workers went back to their jobs, Ecuador regained a semblance of normalcy Thursday following two weeks of turmoil.

2.   Hundreds of protesters hurled stones and firebombs at police and ripped down bus shelters to build street barricades before being driven away with water cannons and tear gas.

3.   In Austin, officials warned that although floodwaters have receded, motorists should not pass street barricades, which may indicate structural problems that could collapse roads and bridges.

4.   In recent weeks, patrols by the state police have been met by drug gangs firing automatic rifles and by slum residents burning buses and building street barricades.

5.   Landscaped street barricades and guardhouses have stopped the encroachment of the drug and prostitution business.

6.   Over the weekend, demonstrators erected street barricades and searched private homes for illegal weapons.

7.   Protesters threw rocks at police and hid behind hastily erected street barricades.

8.   Black smoke from burning street barricades of tires and wood hung over the townships.

9.   Black smoke from burning street barricades of tires and wood hung over several townships.

10.   Demonstrators erected street barricades Saturday after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, mourning the slaying of a lawmaker, demanded international help in cracking down on illegal arms.