21.   Hundreds of students continued their protest late Friday at the gates of the national palace.

22.   In a ceremony at the national palace, Syed Sirajuddin took the oath of office and signed documents constituting the instruments of kingship.

23.   Late in the afternoon, violence erupted in downtown Quito near the national palace.

24.   Later, Mahuad left the national palace with close aides and was being protected by several military officers.

25.   On Friday night, Bucaram left the national palace in Quito, where he had barricaded himself for three days, and flew to Guayaquil, his political stronghold.

26.   On Friday night, Bucaram left Quito, where he had barricaded himself in the national palace for three days, and flew to Guayaquil, his political stronghold.

27.   President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who held a press conference at the national palace with Arias on Wednesday, declined to comment on the proposal.

28.   Scalfaro was welcomed by President Negasso Ghidada and drove the national palace amid tight security.

29.   That crisis worsened with an apparent coup attempt Monday at the national palace.

30.   The president spoke at the national palace, where he greeted hundreds of school children for the inauguration of a nationwide measles vaccination campaign.