1.   Amnesty International, which has documented even midnight arrests of elderly hospital patients, claims the number is nearly double that.

2.   At the height of the civil war, this village of close-knit families and breathtaking mountain views was awash with military patrols, midnight arrests and sporadic battles.

3.   Chinese dissidents fear that one of their comrades has disappeared into police custody following his midnight arrest last week by plainclothes officers.

4.   Downey was on foot in Culver City, near southwest Los Angeles, at the time of the midnight arrest, police Lt. Dave Tankenson said.