11.   Britain has strict laws governing gun ownership, and the police are armed only with truncheons except in special units and under special circumstances.

12.   Divisions emerged on whether Yugoslavia should be given reconstruction aid, on the KLA role and on whether the interim police should be armed.

13.   Downer hinted the government may reconsider whether the Australian police in East Timor should be armed.

14.   He said the marine police were armed with small submachine guns since most of their work involves drug interdiction against heavily armed narcotraffickers.

15.   He said the marine police were armed with small submachine guns since most of their work involves halting drug traffickers.

16.   In an area several hundred yards wide around the Jewish quarter, Palestinian police will be armed with pistols, not rifles, the official said.

17.   In a third demand, Israel wants Palestinian police to be armed only with pistols, not rifles.

18.   In Belfast, the Royal Ulster Constabulary said security measures, including arming police with machine guns, immediately would be reintroduced.

19.   Israel had insisted that in areas adjacent to the five Jewish settler enclave, Palestinian police be only armed with handguns, not rifles.

20.   Indian police are already armed with an arrest warrant against Pillai issued by the Interpol.