31.   The roads are unsafe, with any passing vehicle subject to ambush, and armed Hutu militiamen hide out in the thick highland forests.

32.   Women and children were seen crying as dozens of heavily armed pro-government militiamen stood guard, an AFP photographer said.

33.   Witnesses have reported seeing more patrols roaming the Afghan capital in an assortment of Japanese-made four-wheel drive vehicles packed with armed militiamen.

34.   Monrovia was calm early Friday after an night without gunfire, although armed militiamen maintained a presence on the streets.

35.   The length of their beards was also measured by the heavily armed militiamen.