This demand led to a number of strikes and protests throughout the country.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

The crisis in Greece has threatened to spread to other countries and has led to protests and violence over spending cuts.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Later,he wrote some of the best known songs of the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests of the sixties.

VOA: special.2011.06.27

Red Shirts and human rights groups condemned the government's use of deadly force to end the protests.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

And he made other changes, like adding the verse "we are not afraid" to offer support for the protests taking place across the country.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

During the nineteen fifties, he helped organize non-violent sit-in protests and boycotts of segregated white businesses.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

The summit meetings also brought thousands of troops and police for security and to control protests.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

But from the beginning there were protests from parents and others about the exclusion of boys.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

The problems came as news of the revolutions in the Arab world filled the Internet and there were online calls for protests in China.

VOA: special.2011.04.01

Some young workers in the south have organized protests using the Internet and mobile phones.

VOA: special.2010.06.18

During the 1950s and 60s, Mr. King led a campaign of nonviolent protests.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

And the protests helped pass the Civil Rights Act of Nineteen Sixty-Four.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

Those were years of social change and civil rights protests.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

Thousands signed protests and sent them to Congress.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

Many of the protests involved women and children.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

Protests and strikes continued throughout the nation.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Sergei Kanayev is the head of the all-Russia Federation of car owners, and one of the leaders of the protests.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Since then,there have been angry protests by the settlers, and inspectors trying to enforce the freeze have been attacked.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

The Association of Thai Travel Agents said international visitor arrivals fell between 20 and 30 percent in March,when the protests began.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

In the event of violent protests, troops will isolate areas set for demolition and jam the cell phones of settlers.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

Opponents of health care reform held a series of protests and rallies to coincide with the president's visit.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

But in the end, protests and peaceful revolutions, such as in Poland,and changes in Moscow brought it down.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Meanwhile,the Iranian regime has been cracking down on anti-government protests that erupted after June's disputed presidential election and flared anew last month.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

Under the current regulations, protests using cars don't count as "public gatherings" and their participants can only be detained for traffic violations.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Yashin says he expects more protests in the months leading up to elections next year when voters choose a new parliament and president.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Some public meetings on the issue have included emotional protests, and the president's approval ratings have eroded.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

The crackdown and subsequent rioting cost 52 lives over six days, bringing the toll to 77 deaths since the protests began in mid-March.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

Since the protests began two months ago, more than 30 people have died - protesters,security personnel and bystanders, and more than 1,000 injured.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14