61.   Earlier on Wednesday, Deuba appealed to the public to support his party during a planned protest rally on Friday in Kathmandu.

62.   The planned protests come as rumors of a fresh coup circle the city.

63.   The sources said officials were considering scheduling the first test on Mururoa Atoll at the end of August in order to pre-empt planned protests in the region.

64.   Their planned mass protest march was broken by police using teargas and batons.

65.   Troop reinforcements were deployed early Wednesday in Beirut and other cities to ward off the planned protests.

66.   Meanwhile, metropolitan Manila police chief Deputy Director Edgardo Aglipay told reporters Tuesday that the police are prepared for any contingencies from the planned protests.

67.   Mac Scott, a legal worker aligned with the protesters, said police suppression of planned protests are unacceptable.

68.   Other campaigners prevented from entering Beijing after their planned protest was disclosed include legislator Lee Cheuk-yan, Albert Ho and Elizabeth Wong.

69.   Police thwarted a planned protest rally by cordoning off roads and surrounding the airport with security personnel.

70.   She said she and her family were staying indoors because they feared fresh trouble later Monday from a planned mass protest in defiance of the curfew.