1.   Israeli soldiers ringed the square as last preparations were made for the exit of the Palestinians.

2.   The square was ringed with Palestinian flags.

3.   When the Russians captured Minutka, they blew up the remains of the high-rises that once had ringed the square.

4.   Early Wednesday, police checkpoints ringed the square as officials weeded out sect members from the crowd.

5.   Security troops ringed the square.

6.   The square was ringed on two sides by souvenir shops and fast food restaurants and on the third by a police station.

7.   Thousands of soldiers and police, mostly officers, ringed the square.

8.   Police and paramilitary police with shields and truncheons ringed the square, while others armed with machine-pistols moved people on all the time to stop groups forming.