81.  Civil servants in other big cities, including Istanbul, staged similar protests.

82.  Democrats blamed similar protests for persuading Miami-Dade County officials to shut down their vote count Wednesday, handing Gore a major blow.

83.  Demonstrators staged a similar protest at the Institute of Technology, demanding that the government lower prices of basic commodities.

84.  Demonstrators burned a Chinese flag outside its embassy in Canberra while a similar protest was staged outside the Chinese consulate in Sydney, the largest city.

85.  Despite weeks of similar protests on campuses in Jakarta and other major cities, the calls for political reforms have aroused little public support among most Indonesians.

86.  Earlier in the day, Basque journalists held a similar protest beside a curved iron sculpture on a ridge looking out over the ocean.

87.  Dozens of students were arrested Friday in similar protest.

88.  Four Yemenis were arrested in a similar protest a week into the U.S. strikes against bin Laden and the ruling Taliban who harbor him.

89.  For two years, Ms. Hasina and her Awami League Party led similar street protests to force out Mrs. Zia.

90.  French union workers recently blocked English Channel ports in similar protests.