Sri Lankan television showed rows of civilians aboard one of the red buses being used to evict the Tamils, with armed guards acting as escorts.
But before it was a wildlife mecca, this 24sqkm volcanic island served as a formidable fortress that housed Colombia's most violent criminals, with stone walls, barbed wire and prison guards acting as only the first line of defence.
It shows that as pressure built among the prisoners and some threatened even to kill themselves in protest, Bumgarner and other guard officers — acting as much on instinct as policy — took surprising steps to contain the upheaval.
A German guard, acting like a goalkeeper, leaps up and down to catch the bouncing bombs.
The guard who was acting as Jabin's accomplice went to a pharmacist in town, bought a new package of sleeping pills, and slipped it to Kumar.
Italian diplomats say the marines, who were acting as guards on the Italian-flagged merchant ship, fired only warning shots and did so in international waters.
Italian diplomats say the marines, who were acting as guards on the Italian-flagged merchant ship, fired only warning shots and did so in international waters, Mr. Bajaj writes.
Around it were stationed soldiers who were acting as guards; and there was a throng of people, some gazing mournfully upon the corpse, whose face was covered, others weeping pitifully.
"If you are having a dispute about automation, then the last thing you should do is show how the human factor of driving trains and acting as guards can be so disruptive.
Surrounded by barricades flying the Russian flag, the atmosphere feels volatile as young men, some wearing camouflage, mill around acting as guards.
