11.   However, they have protested before over the rising price of spare parts for mini buses and other vehicles.

12.   Hundreds of workers blocked Bangna-Trat Highway last Tuesday when they protested over bonus cuts.

13.   In the past several years, tens of thousands of rural Thais have descended on Bangkok to protest over land issues.

14.   In Toamasina, a Ratsiraka stronghold, there were clashes Saturday between police and students who were protesting over food shortages, radio reports said.

15.   In the bad old days, nothing hurt white South Africans more than seeing their teams shunned from international sports due to protest over apartheid.

16.   Japan has formerly protested over intrusions by the guards onto consulate grounds to snatch back two of the North Koreans, calling that a violation of international law.

17.   Krupp, based in Essen, had earlier dropped a hostile bid for Thyssen after workers protested over potential job losses.

18.   On Friday, Japan protested over two previous shooting incidents, last Tuesday and Thursday.

19.   Prisoners apparently were protesting over insufficient food and medicine, police spokesman Jose Volni de Souza said by telephone.

20.   Protest over TNB takeover of Uniphone Cables, NEW STRAITS TIMES-