1.   A day earlier, Paraguayans marching in a funeral procession in Asuncion stood in the rain in front of the U.S. Embassy for a three-minute silent protest.

2.   A small group walked out of the news conference in silent protest, and a few gasped at the announcement.

3.   After thousands of adherents ringed the center of government in a silent protest in April, authorities made mass arrests and banned public practice of Falun Gong.

4.   Earlier in the day, they stood in silent protest, holding up signs protesting the fare increase, at a Metropolitan Transportation Authority committee meeting.

5.   Feeling betrayed by their own party and ignored by the other, many blacks said they had chosen to stay home in disgust and silent protest.

6.   For the past year, small groups of practitioners have staged silent protests on Tiananmen Square almost daily, unfurling banners or beginning their meditation exercises.

7.   He does not think the silent protests of ribbons and fliers will rattle him, either, he says.

8.   Historically this group has focused its energies in charity hospitals, in silent protests against the Persian gulf war, in anti-violence projects.

9.   On Wednesday, hundreds of people joined silent protests.

10.   Regardless, the silent protest made for a weird afternoon.