1.   Armed thugs threatened Khatami supporters outside a Tehran campaign office, but fled without firing shots and caused no injuries, said campaign worker Mohammed Ali Shapourin.

2.   Thugs were threatening to evict ethnic Croats from their homes in Serbia and Bosnia to make room for the new arrivals.

3.   He cited one case where two federation officers stood by laughing while thugs threatened an elderly Serb.

4.   His life has already been threatened by thugs living near the Koornfontein coal mine in Mpumalanaga province where he works as a security guard.