1.   But the protest organiser, Xavier Pastor, was upbeat.

2.   Meanwhile the wife of detained local labor leader Yao Fuxin told AFP Wednesday that another protest organiser, whom she named as Xiao Yun Liang, had been arrested.

3.   On the day of the summit, protest organisers say they will have thousands of demonstrators travelling to Subic Bay.

4.   Protest organiser Larry Hand, mayor of suburban Leichhardt, said the message was clear if Canberra did not come up with a creative solution to the noise problem.

5.   Protest organiser Liz Reeve said the German government was orchestrating a campaign against Scientologists and had backed the removal of Scientology children from government schools.

6.   Protest organiser Sari Kassis said the group has since issued a statement in Arabic condemning the violence.

7.   Protest organisers said the strikers had the support of health unions in major cities of Serbia such as Nis, Novi Sad, Kragujevac and Subotica.

8.   Protest organisers have vowed to continue protesting throughout the meeting.

9.   The interior ministry accused the protest organisers on Saturday of breaking away from the planned route of the march.

10.   The protest organisers, who include several opposition groups, planned to resume their hunger strike Wednesday despite the arrests, the official added.