11.   The border change had drawn a strong opposition in the village, but protests subsided when government offered financial compensation to those affected by the switch.

12.   The protests subsided when the funeral service began.

13.   The protests subsided after the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto promised to review the law.

14.   The protests have now subsided, after students were sent home and lessons suspended at universities and high schools in Rangoon two weeks ago.

15.   The protests have subsided in recent days but the Palestinians have not backed down from their insistence the construction must stop before the talks continue.