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

52.   U.S. officials protested to Arafat who ordered that such demonstrations be banned.

53.   U.N. aid officials protested the forced repatriation and moved to organize a voluntary return.

54.   U.N. officials had protested the forced repatriation strongly.

55.   U.S. officials protested to Arafat, who ordered such demonstrations banned.

56.   Yugoslav officials protested, saying such attacks were hitting hard the civilians, especially hospitals where patients could die because of the outages.

57.   British officials meanwhile protested strongly at the US invitation, and even more so at the decision to allow Adams to raise money for Sinn Fein while there.

58.   UN officials also protested a series of almost daily hijackings of UN vehicles around Sarjevo after Danish and French peacekeepers were ambushed on two separate occasions late Tuesday.

59.   Russian officials have also protested over the conditions of the deal.