51.   The well-entrenched workers battled police with clubs and rocks.

52.   They battled riot police on the streets of Seattle, contributing to the breakdown of free trade talks in December.

53.   Thousands of such fans battled police and tried to storm the gates in the Noblesville, Indiana, incident.

54.   Thousands of Vietnamese asylum seekers threw spears and rocks as they battled police at a detention center.

55.   Thousands of Taliban supporters battled police and burned buildings, with two U.N. offices among the targets.

56.   Hundreds of radical students battled riot police Thursday in a violent campus demonstration demanding the ouster of South Korean President Kim Young-Sam.

57.   Hundreds of youths battled police and torched cars overnight in the Spanish Basque town of Vitoria following the arrest of three presumed Basque terrorists, local authorities said Saturday.

58.   In Kwangju, hundreds of radical students battled riot police or attacked government party offices with rocks, Yonhap said.

59.   The two-hour standoff followed major clashes around the Roman Catholic Cathedral during the weekend, when thousands of unionists, students and supporters battled riot police.

60.   Thousands of radical students battled riot police in violent anti-US protests here Sunday, as tens of thousands of opposition party supporters staged a separate anti-government rally.