The current protests have occurred in large part because the lifting of sanctions and of their international isolation gave the people hope.

The current protests could well continue at one level or another until the July anniversary of those attacks.

The current protest clearly caught the Government by surprise.

He is unwilling to be blamed again should the current public protests, which have at times become violent, turn deadly.

Chamlong Srimuang, the leader of the current protests, is a former general.

But she said the advantage of an all-women's campus was apparent even in the current protests.

The incident that touched off the current protests was a traffic accident early this month in which four Gaza workers died.

But there is wide disagreement about whether the current protests will be a turning point as the 1976 rallies were.

The current protests are the largest in three years.

His interrogators wanted the names of his friends involved in the current protests.