11.   Police stretched rolls of spikes to puncture car tires across sidewalks on the approach to the consulate and blocked roads with their cars Friday night.

12.   Police used their cars and spikes that can puncture car tires to block off surrounding streets.

13.   Across the sidewalks, police stretched spikes that could puncture car tires.

14.   An airport in central Japan was forced to close for two hours Wednesday after a Japanese jet fighter punctured two tires on landing, an airport spokesman said.

15.   An armored car carrying five Associated Press Television News staffers briefly came under fire Thursday from Palestinian gunmen in the city, and two tires were punctured by bullets.

16.   Authorities have concluded that a stray metal strip on the runway punctured a tire during takeoff, catapulting rubber into the fuel tank and causing a leak.

17.   Authorities say a stray metal strip on the runway punctured a tire during takeoff, catapulting rubber into the fuel tank and causing a leak.

18.   Broken steel wires indicated that something punctured the tire and caused tiny cracks that grew until the tread broke free, he testified.

19.   Corrosion of the spring causes it to break and possibly puncture a tire, which could cause the driver to lose control of the vehicle.

20.   Investigators say a stray strip of metal on the runway punctured a tire, propelling bits of rubber into the fuel tank and starting a fire.