11.   Members of the opposition alliance led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia marched through the streets asking residents to observe the strike.

12.   Only public school teachers and some health workers observed the strike while businesses, banks, factories and public transportation were operating normally.

13.   Schools, shops and businesses at the camp were closed briefly to observe a strike called by a coalition of radical Palestinian factions.

14.   The leaflets, left on cars or stacked on corners, called on Kinshasans to observe the strike.

15.   The public was barred from the stadium as a security measure and most ordinary residents stayed in their homes observing a strike called by militant separatists.

16.   The strike was widely observed, leaving streets normally choked with traffic bare and markets empty.

17.   The strike was observed in the major Arab commercial areas of east Jerualem.

18.   The strike was observed in the major Arab commercial areas of east Jerusalem.

19.   The strike was widely observed in Kinshasa, where most shops and businesses stayed closed and streets were deserted.

20.   They left leaflets on cars or stacked them on corners calling on Kinshasans to observe the strike.