1.   Police alleged that Pakpahan helped instigate the riot in which dozens of building were torched.

2.   A military court on Tuesday sentenced an opposition leader to nine months in jail for instigating riots against a U.S. threat to attack Iraq.

3.   A radical Muslim unionist charged with instigating riots against a U.S. threat to attack Iraq has been released on bail.

4.   A respected human rights group on Friday accused the military of instigating riots in a northern Indonesian town where mobs burned buildings and looted Chinese-owned shops.

5.   A union leader suspected to have helped instigate riots last week after France resumed underground nuclear tests has been charged and jailed, judicial sources said Monday.

6.   Al-Arab al-Yawm newspaper quoted Shubeilat on Thursday as denying he instigated the riots.

7.   Although H.K.L. Bhagat, a former Cabinet minister, was imprisoned this year pending trial on charges of instigating riots, no top politician or official has been convicted.

8.   Dr Mahathir said any form of control in this country would be in the interest of the public, especially on news items that instigate racial riots.

9.   German authorities blamed PKK militants for instigating the riots after the police had banned demonstrations marking the Kurdish New Year.

10.   Kompas also quoted Army Chief of Staff Gen. Hartono as saying there is evidence that some people from East Java instigated the riots.