91.   Indirectly confirming that report, the U.S. embassy said it would lodge a formal protest over the detention on Thursday of a diplomat by Yugoslav security services.

92.   In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman Philip Reeker said Chinese Ambassador Yang Jiechi had registered a formal protest at a meeting Tuesday with Undersecretary of State Marc Grossman.

93.   Israel filed a formal protest with Arafat over his failure to prevent the bombings, an Israeli military official said Friday.

94.   Israel on Thursday made a formal protest.

95.   Japan lodged a formal protest about the latest Chinese nuclear test.

96.   Japan immediately lodged a formal protest.

97.   Judges for the fight were appointed by Larry Hazzard, who would not accept a formal protest or appeal of the decision, according to Wald.

98.   Japan filed a formal protest with China after a Chinese survey ship entered waters around an island chain claimed by both nations, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

99.   Last week, President Fidel Ramos said China was building platforms near the Panganiban reef and that the Philippines would file a formal protest.

100.   Later in the day, the Georgian Foreign Ministry filed a formal protest.