1.   Nearby residents protested the Grande Dunes project in a hearing before the City Council, which approved the plan in October.

2.   About a dozen Jewish settlers protested nearby, waving placards and Israeli flags.

3.   As hundreds protested nearby, a church group burned Harry Potter and other books.

4.   Defense Minister Volker Ruehe dedicated the first army academy in eastern Germany on Monday, as a dozen pacifists protested nearby.

5.   Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Camden Yards to speak out against Castro, while a smaller group supporting the lifting of sanctions against Cuba protested nearby.

6.   Prominent retired military officers celebrated a Mass for the dead as Chavez supporters protested nearby.

7.   Thousands of demonstrators for assorted causes protested nearby.