1.   Activists boarded the platform, and protests across Europe prompted Shell to back down.

2.   Activists boarded the obsolete platform, and strong consumer protests across Europe prompted Shell to back down.

3.   Greenpeace activists boarded the platform, then off northwest Scotland, in April last year.

4.   Greenpeace activists boarded the Brent Spar, receiving much media attention and spurring consumer protests across continental Europe.

5.   Greenpeace activists boarded the Deepsea Bergen, which was drilling for Statoil in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

6.   On Monday, activists boarded the Norwegian-owned tanker Anna Knutsen just off the port of La Havre, France.

7.   She said at least three activists repeatedly boarded the vessel and were thrown off by New Zealand police.

8.   The activists boarded the barge at the Kishon harbor in northern Israel, cast off and used chains to tie the barge to their ship, the Sirius.

9.   Three environmental activists boarded a British ship carrying nuclear waste on Friday, but police arrested them before the vessel passed through the Panama Canal.

10.   Three environmental activists boarded a British ship carrying nuclear waste on Friday, but police arrested them before the ship crossed the Panama Canal.