1.   A patrol in the city centre was crossing a road when a small explosion occurred near a fence-post.

2.   The deterrent effect of our presence and continuous patrols in the busier yachting areas could not be discounted.

3.   The Pentagon ordered up cruise missile attacks from two of the six cruise-missile equipped warships on patrol in the Persian Gulf.

4.   The security forces increased their patrols in the area.

5.   The army is now on patrol in Srinagar and a curfew has been imposed.

6.   WEST Belfast MP Dr Joe Hendron has called on the security forces to step up their patrols in loyalist areas of Belfast in a bid to halt sectarian killings.

7.   On patrol in North London in the early hours of the morning, they became suspicious about a seven tonne lorry.

8.   A woman has begun a lone traffic patrol in her village after her best friend was killed and her son badly injured.

9.   Australian coastguards make daily air patrols in an effort to spot incoming craft.

10.   American troops stay on base when not on patrol in Bosnia.