21.   Police closed downtown streets to cars, and stopped many Palestinian pedestrians for identity checks.

22.   Police said six people were arrested for identity checks.

23.   Police set up roadblocks throughout the city to carry out identity checks on cars and pedestrians, the Russian state-run ORT television reported.

24.   Police stopped Sistiago during a routine identity check on a road in suburban Bordeaux, in southwest France.

25.   Police also set up roadblocks across Dushanbe to carry out identity checks.

26.   Police began identity checks on public transportation and warned people not to take parcels from strangers.

27.   A number of protesters were detained for identity checks, they said.

28.   A Spanish anti-racism organization, SOS Racismo, said it is not uncommon for Spanish police to rough up people from other ethnic groups in spot identity checks.

29.   A Spanish anti-racism organization, SOS Racismo, said it is not uncommon for Spanish police to rough up people of color during spot identity checks.

30.   All roads into the city were closed to traffic, as federal troops carried out identity checks and questioned residents about any links they might have to the rebels.