71.   Mussa also said that it was appropriate to provide international protection to the Palestinian people.

72.   Participants shouted slogans hostile to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and called for an international protection force in the Palestinian territories.

73.   Religious leaders had earlier mooted a plan under which the Palestinians would be given safe passage, with international protection, to the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip.

74.   Privacy International said Australia was seen by Europe as a weak link in a campaign on international protection of privacy of information.

75.   Scientists have declared the rolling grasslands, swamp forests and lakes of Matutuine as unique in southern Africa, deserving international protection for its rare ecology and rich biodiversity.