1.   Meanwhile it was crucial to prevent popular unrest from spilling over into a major social and political crisis.

2.   The participants called on enterprises not to increase prices in the run-up to the elections in order to prevent unrest.

3.   A wall would separate the two and a police station would be placed nearby to prevent any unrest.

4.   Even then, the Qing Dynasty limited immigration in both directions to prevent unrest on the mainland.

5.   In a further effort to prevent unrest, the Lagos state government imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew.

6.   In Mandalay, as elsewhere, the universities have been padlocked to prevent unrest.

7.   Working with the Israelis and following directives from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the officials moved swiftly to prevent unrest that might disrupt the Israeli withdrawal.

8.   Other Arab governments, including Jordan and Yemen, have discouraged pro-Iraq protests in an apparent attempt to prevent civil unrest.

9.   Peretz Kidron, a spokesman for Yesh Gvul, said the tunnel was a provocation and should be closed to prevent more unrest.

10.   Albright pointed to Bosnia and Kosovo as outside NATO regions were the alliance has already adapted to a new strategic environment to prevent unrest from spreading.