1.   Vietnam issued protest notes in early September to the Chinese government demanding that it halt illegal oil exploration in Vietnamese territorial waters in the Gulf of Tonkin.

2.   That story, and a similar piece in the New York Times, prompted Internet privacy activists to e-mail protest notes to Lexis-Nexis.

3.   Police arrested the women Monday after they marched toward a U.N. office in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum to deliver a protest note, the statement said.

4.   Police arrested the women after they marched toward a U.N. office in Khartoum to hand over a protest note, the human rights group said.

5.   Police arrested the women Monday after they marched towards a United Nations office in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum to hand a protest note, the SHRO statement said.

6.   A deputy foreign minister, Josko Paro, summoned the Yugoslav ambassador, Veljko Knezevic, to deliver him a protest note.

7.   A delegation of organizers was allowed into the embassy to deliver a protest note to officials.

8.   A protest note was relayed to the Greek embassy in Ankara over the incident, he said.

9.   A spokesman for the British High Commission said the mission had not received a protest note.

10.   Albania sent a protest note asking Macedonia to ensure the safety of Albanian diplomats and increase security around the embassy building.