21.   They also raided Barakaat offices in Dorchester, Minneapolis, Seattle, Virginia, and Columbus, Ohio.

22.   They were further shaken last Monday when a group of policemen were yanked to the ground as they ran into American soldiers raiding an office used by paramilitary gunmen.

23.   Tokyo prosecutors raided the offices of Yamaichi Securities Co. seeking evidence of payoffs to corporate racketeers.

24.   Tokyo prosecutors and financial regulators raided Nomura offices yesterday.

25.   Tokyo prosecutors raided offices of Nomura Securities Co. apparently in search of evidence the scandal-embroiled brokerage paid off government officials.

26.   Using tear gas, the police raided the offices of Release Political Prisoners on Saturday and made the arrests.

27.   Yokoyama has been unavailable for comment since checking into an Osaka hospital late Monday, soon after police raided his offices.

28.   Police were raiding the offices over the kidnapping of a notary official last month, according to the Kyodo News Service.

29.   Police raid offices of militant labor group.

30.   Police raided offices of the bankrupt shipbuilder Bremer Vulkan AG on Wednesday in a fraud investigation against former company executives.