21.   The disparities inspired a protest this week in downtown Miami by hundreds of Haitians and American blacks.

22.   The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy II, expressed concern Sunday that the protests this week would bring bloodshed.

23.   The protests this week further unsettled financial markets.

24.   The scattered protests this week exacerbated the usual traffic problems in Miami and tested the tolerence of some residents.

25.   They resumed their protest this week and vowed to keep it going until the Catholics leave them alone.

26.   They marched to the Parliament demanding political reform and the release of some activists arrested by police during other protests this week.

27.   Thousands of energy-industry workers have been staging a protest this week, causing already rationed power supplies to dip still lower.

28.   Thousands of energy-industry workers in the huge Primorsky region have already been staging a protest this week to demand overdue wages.

29.   Thursday marked the third straight day of protests this week.

30.   Unions organized a protest this week outside a National Association of Manufacturers meeting that Vice President Dick Cheney addressed.