1.   Masked youths threw stones and fire-bombs.

2.   A PETROL station owner was attacked by two masked youths outside his home in Darlington last night.

3.   A PETROL station owner told last night how he fought off two masked youths who tried to snatch his takings.

4.   As he spoke, two masked youths carrying Israeli-made Galil rifles appeared on a rooftop, but they were quickly ushered away.

5.   Shopkeepers shuttered their stores, in some cases under threat by masked youths.

6.   In Belfast, the city bus company cut off services Monday in west Belfast after having five buses hijacked by masked youths and burned as road barricades.

7.   In a second night of clashes, masked youths hijacked a bus and several cars and set them on fire.

8.   In Nimes, in the southwest, masked youths smashed shop windows and damaged a technical school.

9.   It was not clear what had caused the action by the masked youths, who describe themselves as anarchists, the spokesman said.

10.   Masked youths attacked a bank near the town hall in the center of the town, breaking windows and setting fire to a cash distributor.