1.   He said units repeatedly ransacked his house, kicked down doors, smashed furniture and ripped up floorboards looking for arms.

2.   Windows were broken, furniture smashed, sofa cushions slashed, closets and cabinets emptied onto the floor.

3.   But on Friday, an Associated Press photographer recorded guardsmen tearing down walls and smashing furniture.

4.   In some shops, furniture was smashed by the rampaging gang and items that were for sale were damaged.

5.   Last Monday, dozens of farmers smashed furniture and spilled flour in the Paris office of Environment Minister Dominique Voynet to protest new taxes on pesticides.

6.   Last week, marauding farmers vandalized her Environment Ministry offices, smashing furniture and throwing flour in a protest against new taxes on the use of pesticides.

7.   Others later smashed up furniture in their cells and joined them.

8.   Protesters also smashed furniture and destroyed documents in election commission and other government offices in several cities.

9.   Shiv Sena members attacked theaters in New Delhi and Bombay where the film was being screened, tearing down posters, smashing furniture and organizing other violent protests.

10.   Soldiers also looted the values and smashed furniture, she alleged.