1.   And Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak addressed his nation in an effort to prevent student protests in Cairo from widening.

2.   Arafat worked hard to prevent Palestinian protests over the new housing plan from turning violent.

3.   But with riot police preventing mass protests, this uneasy country inaugurated its president peacefully on Wednesday.

4.   Frustrated with the red tape preventing their protests from reaching Gilbert Town Council, Higley residents on Saturday decided to think pink.

5.   Jiang said at a news conference before his departure from Beijing over the weekend that he expected his American hosts to prevent protests from overshadowing his visit.

6.   The police have tried, with general success, to restrict demonstrators to their campuses and to prevent the protests from gathering steam and getting out of control.

7.   Police block streets to prevent protest.

8.   Police prevent protest outside U.S. Embassy.

9.   Paramilitary officers and scores of policemen were deployed in the area to prevent retaliatory protests.

10.   All motorized traffic was banned to prevent protests or traffic jams and children played soccer in silent streets while adults filed by on their way to vote.