21.   This week Lukashenko also prevented Russian television channels transmitting from Belarus, following a crackdown on opposition protests in Minsk.

22.   Western countries suspended all contacts, including military contacts, with China following the crackdown.

23.   Its popularity has grown following a crackdown on hashish in the Bekaa valley in eastern Lebanon and the tearing up of marijuana and poppy fields in southern Egypt.

24.   Malaysia will allow the Moslems among recently charged footballers to celebrate Ramadan before issuing warrants for their arrest following a crackdown on soccer corruption.

25.   More than a million people took to the streets of Hong Kong in protest following the crackdown.

26.   Tariq, a member of the National Assembly, went into hiding following the crackdown.

27.   Sources said the unrest followed a crackdown on youths suspected of involvement in protests against Indonesian rule.

28.   The crackdown that followed, along with austerity measures imposed at the behest of the International Monetary Fund, increased tension and instability.

29.   The growth in numbers came after a surge of applications for people to register their residency following a crackdown last March on those living in Italy without registering.

30.   The poor results followed a crackdown by the education ministry on rampant corruption in a bid to raise standards.