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In addition to the political arena, demand for change echoed in the streets as demonstrators expanded protests in major Iraqi cities.

Clifford Krauss (NYT) ECUADOR: STRIKE HITS QUITO Bus drivers in Quito, reacting to expanded protests against rising fuel and transportation costs, began a strike that left the capital's residents without any public transit, forcing many to crowd onto available cars.

A federal appeals court yesterday struck down a lower court ruling that expanded protest-free zones outside two health clinics and prevented the use of sound amplifiers during abortion protests.

Israeli Ynet reports on expanding protests in the West Bank, where the assault on Gaza threatens to spark a new wave of violence.

The musicians' union for New York City has begun an advertising campaign and plans to expand protests outside of jazz clubs as part of its efforts to win pension benefits for jazz artists, union leaders said Thursday.

Supporters of the leftist presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who are occupying the cultural and financial heart of Mexico City, said they planned to expand protests to press the authorities to order a full recount of the election on July 2, which election officials said was won by the conservative candidate, Felipe Calderón, by half a percentage point.

There is a fear that more conservative elements of the government might see rising ethnic unrest, expanding protests over living conditions, and the growing political threat from the NLD as a reason to put the brake on reform.

Brown's Aug. 9 death, and the lack of charges against Wilson, have prompted expanding protests over what activists say is deeply ingrained hostile treatment of African Americans by police, and an unequal justice system that does not hold police accountable.

Brown's death, and a grand jury's decision in November not to indict Wilson, have prompted expanding protests over what activists say is deeply engrained hostile treatment of black Americans by police, and an unequal justice system that refuses to hold police accountable.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said Judge Richard Arcara went too far when he decided in April 1999 to greatly expand protest-free zones that had earlier been limited to 15 feet.

Recent projects include detecting and hopefully deterring further human rights violations by the Myanmar government, identifying and assisting in the capture of a Thai ship involved in human trafficking, which led to dozens of arrests, and shedding light on Middle East protests by revealing the scale and magnitude of expanding protest movements in Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, and Egypt.