21.   During much of the tense, daylong debate, demonstrators stood in silent protest at the front of the hall.

22.   Elsewhere, hundreds of people staged silent protests in Madrid and Salamanca.

23.   Hundreds of people gathered in silent protest outside the Pamplona town council building at midday and an anti-ETA demonstration was planned for the evening, national radio reported.

24.   Hundreds of people gathered in silent protest outside the Pamplona town council within hours of the shooting, and an anti-ETA demonstration was planned later Wednesday.

25.   On Friday, Tibetan exiles staged a silent protest against Chinese rule in their homeland.

26.   One million people staged a silent protest in Madrid on Monday against ETA violence.

27.   RED CROSS-MOURNING, In Geneva, thousands march in silent protest at Chechen killings.

28.   Recent brutal murders of teen-agers and university students have made headlines and prompted silent protest marches, and highlighted the sense of personal insecurity among ordinary citizens.

29.   Similar five-minute silent protests were staged in towns and cities throughout Spain and across the three-province Basque region.

30.   The crowd then stood in silent protest.