21.   In Karachi, troops escorted special buses that shuttled voters to polling stations.

22.   Nonetheless, two police officers rode along with passengers from New Delhi and other officers escorted the bus in a jeep.

23.   Police escorting the bus called for reinforcements, who set up a roadblock.

24.   Settlers were irate, accusing soldiers who escorted the bus in a separate vehicle of failing to protect them by shooting back or intercepting the assailants.

25.   Settlers were irate, accusing soldiers who escorted the bus in a separate vehicle of failing to shoot back at the assailants.

26.   Since then, police have been escorting tour buses to ensure tourists safely reach their hotels.

27.   Still, tour guides carry pistols and the bus is escorted through part of the tour by a camouflaged Humvee all-purpose military vehicle, flying a small U.N. flag.

28.   The attack was aimed at a busload of settler schoolchildren, but a military jeep escorting the bus took the brunt of the blast instead.

29.   Tamil rebels attacked a military patrol escorting passenger buses in northeastern Sri Lanka and killed four soldiers Friday, military officials said.

30.   The army patrolled the streets of Katmandu and armed police escorted tourist buses to the airport.