11.   The year began, as had become customary in recent years, with North Korean protests over the annual joint South Korean-United States Team Spirit military exercises.

12.   Reports in early December which claimed that Suu Kyi had started a hunger strike to protest over her continued detention were denied by the Myanman authorities.

13.   Shedding some light on protest over VAT on fuel.

14.   Protests over the severe pollution in Northern Bohemia are escalating.

15.   Policemen and women from all over Britain have gathered to protest over the controversial Sheehy report.

16.   Hundreds of staff at polytechnic and further education colleges have been on strike in a protest over pay.

17.   Cyclists have brought a city centre to a halt in a protest over traffic congestion.

18.   Prison officers and civil servants have been taking industrial action in protest over what they claim is a move towards privatisation.

19.   TWO women were occupying a building at the doomed Parkside Colliery, St Helens, this afternoon in protest over the closure of the pit.