71. Heavily-armed police stood guard outside mosques and public buildings across eastern Punjab province amid fears that the protests would turn violent. 72. Hundreds of children waved palm fronds and formed an honor guard outside the marae, an ornate meeting place regarded as sacred land. 73. Hundreds of heavily armed soldiers kept guard outside the military hospital as worried relatives rushed inside. 74. In London, police mounted guard outside a hospital called the London Clinic. 75. In the city, alliance soldiers stood guard outside the offices of some international aid organizations. 76. Italian peacekeepers and U.N. police stood guard outside the walled compound, where two bullet-riddled cars were parked and bloodstains were visible on the ground. 77. Journalists who tried to contact the fired ministers Tuesday were prevented by soldiers standing guard outside their houses or phone lines that suddenly went dead. 78. Late in the afternoon, Yeltsin and President Jiang Zemin reviewed a military honor guard outside the Great Hall of the People, in central Beijing beside Tiananmen Square. 79. Local media reported the convent has agreed to house Trevi as long as police post a guard outside. 80. Marines in anti-riot gear stood guard outside the Senen Triangle Shopping Center. |