11.   Police also put barbed wire around nearby parks to prevent protesters scaling over hedges.

12.   After the warehouse was emptied Saturday, a line of officers in blue fatigues stood guard to prevent protesters from re-entering.

13.   Azerbaijani police posted to prevent the protesters from reaching the embassy and U.N. office detained six people who crossed the police line, the report said.

14.   Greek Cypriot police initially prevented the protesters from reaching the Ledra Palace Hotel checkpoint on the buffer zone with barbed wire barricades.

15.   He said the police order would not prevent protesters assembling with hand-held banners.

16.   In Ankara, police blocked roads with armed personnel carriers to prevent protesters from approaching parliament.

17.   In an effort to prevent unruly protesters from reaching the port city, Italy has temporarily reintroduced border controls.

18.   In recent months, hundreds of troops have been deployed daily to prevent protesters from marching on his home in Jakarta.

19.   Iranian security forces prevented protesters from staging a rally outside the German Embassy on Sunday amid government efforts to control diplomatic damage from a terrorism row with Germany.

20.   Many observers believe China is backtracking both to humiliate Patten and to try to control news coverage and prevent pro-democracy protesters from grabbing attention.