51.   But a rumour-fuelled rally soon began.

52.   Duncan, who was first out when the rally began on Thursday, was forced to fall back to ninth position in the first leg due to technical problems.

53.   Duncan, who was first out when the rally began on Thursday, fell back to ninth because of technical problems.

54.   The mother and son team arrived in an air-conditioned van two hours after the rally began and were immediately mobbed by a horde of reporters and Marcos supporters.

55.   There were no reports of violence but the atmostphere surrounding the protest was sharply more tense than when the rally began several hours earlier.

56.   The area had been completely blocked off to traffic by the afternoon, amid plans for a major anti-Bush rally to begin Wednesday evening.