11.   Police also fought Thursday with striking demonstrators.

12.   Bratton said that during his talks here he sensed a reluctance about letting police aggressively fight crime.

13.   Clouds of tear gas billowed into the air as riot police fought running battles with a hard core of militants who broke away from a peaceful mass march.

14.   He wants police to fight crime, but suggests less dramatic methods.

15.   In cross-examination, Milosevic blamed NATO bombs for the fires and said Serb police had fought to protect the residents from the Kosovo Liberation Army rebels.

16.   It was the latest twist in the practice of kidnapping women for sale, which Chinese police have been fighting unsuccessfully for years.

17.   Last April, Xinjiang police fought a gunbattle with separatists who had planted bombs.

18.   Looters rampaged through a fishing town and on Monday, police on Lombok fought rioters who were protesting against a newly elected governor.

19.   Meanwhile anti-narcotics police fought a gunbattle Tuesday with suspected drug smugglers from Myanmar, killing one gunman and seizing a large amount of amphetamines, officials said.

20.   Milosevic asserted that NATO bombs caused the fires when they hit military barracks in Djakovica and that Serb police fought to protect the residents from Kosovo Liberation Army rebels.