31.   Police withdrew from the town on Tuesday.

32.   Police withdrew, saying they wanted to avoid casualties.

33.   Police withdrew after the half-hour struggle.

34.   Police withdrew from the cathedral grounds after appeals from a priest speaking for Archbishop Patrick Chakaipa.

35.   Police withdrew their vehicles out of sight behind the walls again after leaders of the IRA-allied Sinn Fein party ordered the crowd back.

36.   Police withdrew, as demanded by the suspect.

37.   Protesters block roads out of Bulgaria, police withdraw.

38.   Residents said police withdrew along with the army, apparently fearing revenge from civilians.

39.   Riot police quietly withdrew to allow the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Pavle, to lead the early morning procession through Belgrade.

40.   Still, one group of protesters clashed with police at an intersection, and the police withdrew under a hail of rocks and stones.