41.   Because it is such a grueling race, animal right protesters have tried to stop or disrupt it in recent years.

42.   But a scuffle broke out when some protesters tried to force their way through police barricades to deliver a black cardboard coffin to the agency.

43.   But officers declined to arrest any more, which resulted in a bizarre standoff of nearly an hour as protesters tried unsuccessfully to cajole police to take them in.

44.   Daily protests at the site last week peaked Friday when protesters tried to break through an army line to reach the disputed site.

45.   Disabled war veterans demanding benefits fought with riot police Wednesday when the protesters tried to march toward a site where Central American leaders were meeting.

46.   Fifty-two people were reported injured in clashes with police when protesters demanding a recount tried to storm the parliament building.

47.   Fifty-two people were reported injured in clashes with security forces when protesters demanding a recount tried to storm the parliament building.

48.   Five policemen and several protesters were injured as protesters tried to break police cordons.

49.   French police, meanwhile, had their hands full with Basque protesters trying to move close to the EU summit center.

50.   Human Rights in China said protesters tried several times to regroup and continue demonstrating but were attacked by police who beat them and dragged them away.