11.   Later, the Americans toured the embassy compound of the former Soviet Union that now houses Afghans displaced by the war.

12.   Most employees are housed in a red-brick embassy compound of condo-style apartments.

13.   Others pelted the embassy compound with stones and Molotov cocktails, smashing windows and burning three cars, before riot police dispersed them with tear gas.

14.   Pashtuns were taken to Kabul, to the former Soviet embassy compound, where children wander dark halls filled with smoke and rubble.

15.   Russian diplomats rarely leave their embassy compounds.

16.   She recalled that she, like the other hostage-takers, lived in the embassy compound at different stages to guard their captives.

17.   Similarly, security officials determined that the three-person consulate in Adana and the American offices outside the Ankara embassy compound were not secure.

18.   The Army Rangers came by Chinook helicopters, storming the embassy compound with grenades and gunfire, attacking everything that moved.

19.   The first priority should be to insure the safety of the students inside the embassy compound and other students still at risk.

20.   The embassy compound, flanked by flowering oleander and frangipani trees, is neatly cordoned off and guarded by more Marines who flew in Saturday night.