31.   Several thousand people milling outside the palace gates, under a blazing sun, listened to his message with little enthusiasm.

32.   Smiling shyly, the boys accepted the offerings and placed them at the foot of the palace gate.

33.   Ten representatives were allowed to reach the palace gate to present a letter asking Ramos to stop the demolitions.

34.   The emir was greeted by the queen and Prince Philip, Prime Minister John Major and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd at the palace gate.

35.   The violence came while protesters demonstrated outside the palace gates.

36.   They were blocked from the presidential palace, but ten representatives were allowed to reach the palace gate.

37.   Thousands of other hungry youngsters and adults who had gathered outside the palace gates began screaming through the gates.

38.   They clashed with riot police and tried to crash the palace gates.

39.   They returned to the palace gates and started throwing stones, only to get pushed back, first by warning shots, then by tear gas and water cannons.

40.   Two fire trucks drove through the palace gates, and crowds were moved away from the front of the building.