31.   Schools, offices and shops were also closed by a protest strike.

32.   Schools, offices and shops were closed by a protest strike.

33.   Several protest strikes around the country this year have led to confrontations between demonstrators and the police and army.

34.   Shops and businesses were closed as part of a nationwide protest strike.

35.   The arrest of Laloo Prasad Yadav, meanwhile, sparked a protest strike Friday in his stronghold of Bihar state in northeastern India.

36.   The hunger pangs factory worker Steven Tagwireyi feels at night makes him support a planned two-day national protest strike starting Tuesday.

37.   The Hyundai workers had said they would strike indefinitely, while the other protest strikes had been scheduled to last just three days, starting Tuesday.

38.   The MQM frequently calls for protest strikes as part of their campaign against the government.

39.   The more militant Korean Confederation of Trade Unions withdrew from the talks early this week, threatening to organize protest strikes beginning this weekend.

40.   The movement frequently calls for protest strikes as part of its campaign against the government.