11. On Wednesday, an official May Day rally also turned into an opposition demonstration when thousands of people demanding the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko took to the streets. 12. Rallies have turned increasingly violent in recent days, as protesters demand the ouster of Suharto and the lowering of prices of basic commodities. 13. Sellers continued to hold sway in the wheat pits, where a late-October rally has turned into an early-November slide. 14. Shops were hastily closed by their owners, worrying that the street rally would turn into a riot. 15. Such rallies have turned violent in past years. 16. Student rallies have turned increasingly violent in recent days, as protesters demand the ouster of Suharto and the lowering of prices of basic commodities. 17. Such rallies often turn into violent anti-government protests. 18. That rally turned violent. 19. That incident marked the first time an opposition rally turned violent in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan. 20. The demonstrators accused President Alexander Lukashenko of failing to help Chernobyl victims, and the rally turned into a major anti-government manifestation, ending in clashes with the police. |