21.   A similar demonstration took place in the Lebanese city of Sidon.

22.   A spokesman with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police said the demonstration took place Saturday morning amid heightened security due to the Winter Olympics that opened Saturday.

23.   Ali Al-Hajj Mohammed, a close aide to Turabi, said similar demonstrations were taking place all over Sudan.

24.   Also in Jakarta, demonstrations took place on Thursday at the Teachers Training Institute and Jakarta University campus, both in East Jakarta.

25.   Anti-Semitic demonstrations have taken place recently in Russia but no problems were reported.

26.   Both demonstrations took place inside the university campuses.

27.   But no demonstrations took place as of Saturday evening, the police statement said.

28.   But the demonstrations took on an added significance, coming only days after Abubakar was appointed leader of this oil-rich but impoverished West African country.

29.   By far the largest demonstrations took place in Iran where more than three million people turned out for rallies held in conjunction with Friday prayers in the major cities.

30.   By Monday afternoon, at least six demonstrations had taken place in Palestinian refugee camps across Jordan and later spread to Amman.