71.   The Palestinians, backed by a U.N. Security Council resolution, have complained that Israel has used excessive force in quelling the riots.

72.   The riot was quelled in about two hours after an emergency response team employed tear gas, police said.

73.   The riot was eventually quelled when police, Navy shore patrol and Army military police combined forces.

74.   There were signs Saturday that the Palestinian police were determined to quell possible riots.

75.   They settled feuds, broke up lynch mobs, quelled riots, smashed gambling dens and tamed boomtowns.

76.   They sound harmless and even bounce, but the rubber-coated bullets used by Israel to quell Palestinian riots smash through skulls and punch into thighs.

77.   U.S. troops were not involved in quelling the riot, which broke out late Saturday and died down before dawn.

78.   Troops quelled the riot with tear gas, and three prison guards were lightly injured, the report said.

79.   Troops had been called in to quell the riot, the opposition group said.

80.   Troops were called into the capital and several other cities last month to quell riots by state employees angry over unpaid salaries and poor working conditions.