11.   An angry mob attacked U.N. staff and ransacked their office in an East Timor town on Tuesday after protesting against a planned referendum on independence for the troubled territory.

12.   An angry mob attacked U.N. staff and ransacked their office during an anti-independence protest Tuesday in East Timor, a U.N. official said.

13.   Antara said the rebels broke open the doors and ransacked the office of the consulate in Vanimo city.

14.   Before Suharto quit, reporters at Suara Timor Timur were occasionally threatened and thugs ransacked the office of the newspaper, angry with its perceived separatist slant.

15.   But it decided to shift its headquarters from Bombay where a mob waving saffron flags identified with Hindu nationalism ransacked the office on Monday.

16.   Climbing out clutching bags and boxes, several said bitterly that offices had been ransacked.

17.   College students expelled for cheating on an exam fought with police, ransacked offices and torched vehicles, officials said Wednesday.

18.   Demonstrators have burned cars and ransacked government offices, keeping frightened citizens off the streets.

19.   His office had been ransacked and the safe shot open.

20.   In Barisal the PDB office was ransacked and the photographs of important personalities were brought down.