61.   Unions paralyzed train traffic through much of Belgium Tuesday to protest the lack of consultations on the restructuring of the state-owned rail company, officials said.

62.   Unions already blocked train traffic with a strike last week to protest the lack of consultations on the restructuring of the state-owned rail company.

63.   Veterans protest lack of state aid.

64.   With opposition parties boycotting to protest the lack of an independent commission to oversee the balloting, the results had been a foregone conclusion.

65.   Yemeni tribesmen protesting the lack of development in their region on Wednesday blew up a pipeline of a U.S. oil company, officials and tribal sources said.

66.   Egypt had threatened in August to scrap the conference to protest the lack of Israeli progress in the peace process, especially on the Palestinian track.

67.   The soldiers, most of them disabled, took the building to protest a lack of financial help from the government.

68.   The students said they were protesting lack of action against policemen involved in an October incident and were demanding establishment of a student union.

69.   The strikers are protesting the lack of an agreement between the company board and their union and against disciplinary action taken against some drivers.

70.   Lebanon and Syria are boycotting the forum to protest the lack of progress in their talks with Israel.