Mr. Robeson, who was "loudly pro-Russian," according to a local paper of the time, drew hundreds of union supporters and hundreds of rock-throwing protesters.

The protests continued for several days, during which tens of thousands of rock-throwing protesters kept US Ambassador James Sasser and other staff trapped in the Beijing embassy.

Price riots in Jordan, now in their fourth day, moved closer to the capital today when the police and rock-throwing protesters fought for four hours in this town less than 20 miles from Amman.

Soldiers loyal to Mr. Sankoh fired into a crowd of rock-throwing protesters, killing at least four.

The police fired in the air to disperse rock-throwing protesters in the capital, but in general the agitation appeared to be subsiding.

Israeli military correspondents reported that the army had authorized the use of live ammunition against rock-throwing protesters.

This made American involvement visible to the U.S. population, and there were intense protests, including deaths in a confrontation between rock-throwing protesters and National Guardsmen at Kent State University.

Senior Israeli military officials blamed Palestinian leaders for failing to restrain their own police officers, much less rock-throwing protesters, in what they described as an orchestrated effort to keep the violence alive.

The opposition Popular Alliance Party said the protester died after inhaling excessive amounts of tear gas, which police used in numerous scuffles with rock-throwing protesters on the side streets leading to the square.

In other developments today, troops fired on rock-throwing Palestinian protesters trying to block them from entering the West Bank village of Qusin, the Israel radio said.