1.   The protesters have no God-given right to disrupt the life of the city.

2.   And what practical effect have the protesters had so far?

3.   As rebellions broke out across Indonesia this month, protesters did not have tanks or guns.

4.   A person involved in the negotiations said dealings on this matter were complicated because the protesters had no clear allies and might seek to make a dramatic exit.

5.   But now, at least, the protesters have worthy challengers in the battle for public opinion.

6.   But the protesters might have had more in store for the Tour, whose riders bedded down here before heading back to France this afternoon.

7.   He acknowledged Monday during a meeting with WTO delegates in Seattle that the protesters had some legitimate issues.

8.   If the current protesters had a message, it was lost in a fog of muddled and meaningless complaints about international financial policies that few of them understood.

9.   Indeed, the protesters have implicit allies on the right.

10.   Like most others, it was completely unreported in the Chinese media, and rural protesters have rarely had a chance to describe their grievances directly to outsiders.