1.   Both sides manned the roads and tried to direct tree shoppers to their businesses.

2.   But Shkodra remained volatile, with armed civilians manning road blocks.

3.   The capital, Banda Aceh, was calm Friday, though heavily armed police and soldiers patrolled the streets and manned road blocks.

4.   Vitana said the bombers fired at troops manning road blocks as they approached the temple in a truck.

5.   Vitana said the suicide bombers fired at troops manning road blocks as they approached the temple in a truck.

6.   Traffic police and civil defence volunteers manned the roads, ordering drivers to stop and pedestrians to take shelter on the roadside.

7.   Police were also manning road blocks leading into Rabaul to protect properties, he said.

8.   Outside, dozens of nervous soldiers manned road blocks.

9.   Police reinforcements have been deployed in Colombo, while hundreds of soldiers armed with automatic rifles manned road blocks, a defence spokesman said.