1.   During the fighting in Beirut large numbers of armed militiamen had appeared on the streets.

2.   As the three drove down the mountain, their car was intercepted by a pickup truck spilling over with armed Afghan militiamen.

3.   Before the incursion, armed militiamen were a common fixture in downtown Bethlehem.

4.   Leaders of some militias are reaching out to American leaders, offering such assistance as armed militiamen for commercial flights.

5.   The government countered that the camps were a destabilizing force because they were home to thousands of armed Hutu militiamen.

6.   Peacekeeper spokesman Capt. Mike Tafe said three armed militiamen approached the New Zealand patrol, which had camped about four miles northeast of the southern border town of Suai.

7.   Peacekeeping officials said it was believed that armed Afghan militiamen, disgruntled over a lack of pay, may be committing robberies that have been reported in west Kabul.

8.   Rebel soldiers and armed militiamen are terrorizing the countryside of Sierra Leone, maiming, raping and murdering their victims, a human rights groups said Tuesday.

9.   Ali Mahdi Mohamed, who controls northern Mogadishu, said Gen. Mohamed Farrah Aidid had sent armed militiamen into the seaport in violation of their agreement.

10.   Escorted by their armed militiamen, the two leaders arrived at the hotel from their respectives halves of Mogadishu.