1.   In a bid to defuse the protests Roh was eventually forced to replace the Prime Minister.

2.   Communist officials said on Friday that they would postpone the language and history courses until experts could choose new textbooks, a clear attempt to defuse the protests.

3.   Jiang managed to defuse the protests without troops or widespread violence, a feat not lost on a Chinese public still quietly seething over the Tiananmen killings.

4.   Primakov was able to partially defuse the protest by promising to pay back wages and by naming Communists to top positions in his Cabinet.

5.   The protest was defused when Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai, whose ministry is responsible for authorizing any settlements on occupied Palestinian lands, agreed to meet with the settlers.

6.   The White House plan was designed to defuse protests from power users, a fact acknowledged by officials Tuesday.

7.   After negotiating with the mutineers and conferring with President Eduard Shevardnadze, Chumburidze said he was optimistic the protest could be defused.

8.   Behind the scenes, Premier Zhu Rongji intervened personally to try to defuse the protest, meeting with several representatives of the demonstrators, said the government official.

9.   Habibie has wooed dissidents in the past, but whether he can defuse the student-led protests remains to be seen.

10.   In an attempt to defuse the protests, Bucaram announced Thursday he was firing four top Cabinet members, including his brother the social welfare minister.