1.   A few hundred lightly armed German paratroopers and mountain troops are being sent to guard the German supply convoys into Bosnia.

2.   Hundreds of militiamen armed with homemade guns, military rifles and machetes clashed with rock-throwing separatists outside the headquarters of the U.N. team that oversaw the vote.

3.   Hundreds of civilians armed with clubs and blackjacks surrounded the Spanish Embassy in Havana to prevent Cubans from seeking asylum inside, the Mexican government news agency Notimex said.

4.   Hundreds of people armed with cameras and camcorders lined the roadway as the torch passed beneath dozens of banners that welcomed it.

5.   Hundreds of police armed with automatic rifles and tear gas launchers were deployed by midmorning Sunday, and it was unclear whether fighting continued.

6.   Hundreds of policemen armed with batons, metal shields and the odd tear gas launcher, kept watch on the protesters, but did not move against them.

7.   Hundreds of workers armed with axes worked alongside bulldozers to clear uprooted trees from roads.

8.   That afternoon, hundreds of people armed with machetes and guns stormed the prison.

9.   Hundreds of activists armed with steel pipes were on patrol inside the campuses, which have been sealed off by police.

10.   Hundreds of people armed with cudgels, knives and machetes ran amok in the streets of Dakar, breaking shop windows, overturning cars and killing six policemen.