1.   A COSATU representative accused the police of siding with some armed Inkatha supporters.

2.   Later there were claims that armed Fatah supporters had entered the campus in order to sway the results of student council elections.

3.   But the risks are considerable, for the two men have solid bands of highly armed supporters with little to lose.

4.   He must also rein his youthful armed supporters, who have been at the center of the recent violence.

5.   Human rights workers and Western diplomats said that groups of armed Berisha supporters were recruiting people for military service.

6.   It took a grave turn Thursday when armed Chavez supporters fired on peaceful strikers, killing several and injuring hundreds.

7.   The president must also deal with pro-Taliban groups in northern Pakistan who have blocked roads and begun sending armed supporters into Afghanistan to fight.

8.   When armed supporters of the legislators attacked government buildings, Yeltsin answered by ordering tanks and troops to quell the uprising.

9.   A day after a hostage standoff involving armed supporters of renegade Philippines governor Nur Misuari ended, Malaysia said Thursday it wants to deport him soon.

10.   An Uttar Pradesh state Cabinet minister was expelled from Rajasthan on Tuesday where he had brought hundreds of armed supporters, purportedly to support a local candidate.