31.   Palestinians observed a general strike Monday to protest Israeli plans for a large Jewish housing project in east Jerusalem, the sector the Palestinians claim as a future capital.

32.   Palestinians staged a general strike Monday to protest Israeli plans for a large Jewish housing project in east Jerusalem, the sector the Palestinians claim as a future capital.

33.   Police released a French environmental activist on Friday who was jailed for organizing a barricade of a road linking France and Spain to protest plans to enlarge the highway.

34.   Over the past few years, Jewish organizations have protested other plans to build a mini-mall across from the Auschwitz museum.

35.   A retired priest consecrated a wooden hut as a chapel Sunday near Auschwitz to protest government plans for removing hundreds of crosses from outside the former Nazi death camp.

36.   A leading conservative deputy quit the governing Motherland Party Wednesday to protest its plan to curb religious education, an issue which has divided the nation recently.

37.   A provincial branch of the Dutch Reformed Church is considering secession from the national church to protest plans for racial integration, a Sunday newspaper reported.

38.   A small group of protesters from three different continents gathered outside UNESCO on Wednesday to protest plans to mine uranium at Kakadu, an Australian national park.

39.   A strike by workers protesting plans to privatize the state oil company, Petroperu, entered its fifth day Monday with workers threatening a hunger strike.

40.   Alitalia flights were disrupted or canceled Wednesday after workers staged strikes to protest a plan to lease Australian planes and crews.