41.   Holding plastic shields, thousands of helmeted riot police stood guard.

42.   Hundreds of helmeted riot police rained water and tear gas on the crowd and then charged, driving demonstrators apart, and chasing them as they fled in panic.

43.   In Jerusalem, meanwhile, dozens of helmeted riot police entered a disputed shrine for the first time since September riots that escalated into seven months of fighting.

44.   In poor neighborhoods of Bogota, demonstrators hurled rocks at helmeted riot police, who fired tear gas and crouched behind plastic shields.

45.   Later, hundreds marched toward the National Palace where Zedillo was greeting his new Cabinet and other supporters and were blocked by a barricade guarded by helmeted riot police.

46.   Later Friday night dozens of helmeted riot police with batons and shields guarded outside and inside the cathedral grounds.

47.   Local television broadcast scenes of helmeted riot police hauling away uniformed protesters and kicking some who showed up to demonstrate out of uniform.

48.   Nearly five hours after moving inside the temple before dawn, hundreds of helmeted riot police, firing tear gas and using water cannons, moved into the building.

49.   Officials also fear that television images of helmeted riot police throwing tear gas and swinging batons at workers armed with metal pipes and firebombs could scare away foreign investors.

50.   On Wednesday and Thursday, helmeted riot police repeatedly broke up demonstrations across the capital.