1.   Last Wednesday, police used water cannons to scatter thousands of civil servants protesting against the government.

2.   Police fired in the air and used water canons to scatter thousands of civil servants and workers demonstrating Saturday against corruption and low wages.

3.   Police on Friday used tear gas to scatter thousands demonstrating in cities across the country against the economic policies.

4.   Police used tear gas Thursday to scatter thousands of street vendors who paralyzed this city with flaming blockades on major downtown streets, protesting threatened restrictions on their work.