1.   The killings prompted spontaneous protests in several German cities.

2.   Accounts may be exaggerated, but they have prompted protests in the Israeli parliament and now opponents want to use the same tactic to counter-attack.

3.   But in recent months, the government has cracked down on them, prompting protests from Amnesty International and international journalism organizations.

4.   But that was enough to prompt a protest from Howard L. Hurwitz, chairman of the Family Defense Council, a conservative organization based in Queens, N.Y.

5.   But the United States recently launched a crackdown on illegal immigration in the Rio Grande Valley that prompted protests from Mexico.

6.   Construction at the site prompted renewed protests from local church leaders and some Christian groups in the United States.

7.   Cuts in government expenditures and a rise in taxes, for example, prompted street protests.

8.   Disclosure of the tapes prompted national protests.

9.   Elsewhere, protests have been prompted by the higher prices for the new gasoline.

10.   Its potential cost has prompted a protest from Bonneville and its major electrical customers.