61.   Opposition protests were backed by street demonstrations in the capital earlier this month, which were violently suppressed by police.

62.   On Friday, Palestinian police broke up an opposition protest.

63.   Opposition protests have been largely nonviolent, but there are fears that trouble could erupt if they grow too large.

64.   Opposition supporters protest outside Parliament as speculation grows over who might eventually succeed President Suharto.

65.   Police on Monday had continued to crack down on demonstrators marching in support of the opposition protests over alleged election fraud.

66.   Pressure against Milosevic continues, despite the fact that three months of daily opposition protests ended last week.

67.   Riot police wielding truncheons on Tuesday broke up opposition protests against weekend elections in which the ruling Democratic Party claimed victory but international monitors dismissed as rigged.

68.   Several thousand policemen fanned out across the country to tackle the opposition protest.

69.   Separate opposition party protests were scheduled Thursday afternoon.

70.   So far, however, Mauritania has not experienced violence beyond the regular opposition protests that occasionally degenerate into street clashes with police.