41.   Senior officials already protested to the Australian government when Foreign Minister Alexander Downer visited Beijing two weeks ago.

42.   Russian officials protested the ruling and demanded that Slutskaya share the gold with Hughes.

43.   South Korean officials protested the move and the North released the photographer Saturday after finding no evidence he contributed to the story, Yonhap said.

44.   Swiss officials had protested the original sentences as disproportionate.

45.   Television officials strongly protested the law because of the expense of translating programs and fears they will alienate many viewers.

46.   The U.N. officials later protested to the Foreign Ministry that their diplomatic immunity had been violated.

47.   U.N. officials protested and were promised the refugees would be allowed to stay.

48.   U.N. officials protested, and after an hours-long standoff, the refugees were allowed to stay.

49.   Throughout the Caribbean, law enforcement officials protest having to spend time and manpower eradicating marijuana plants, the report said.

50.   U.N. officials have repeatedly protested helicopter flights violating the no-fly zone.