Likewise, Western oil companies have considerable experience in inhospitable regions, where they have faced everything from rowdy protests to civil war.

November 2008: About 15 people held a rowdy protest against Vermont Yankee in the offices of the Public Service Board that regulates utilities.

An estimated 10,000 off-duty officers stormed through police barricades to swarm in front of City Hall in a rowdy protest against Mr. Dinkins's proposal for an all-civilian board to review police conduct.

On the airwaves, in the quiet of lawmakers' offices and in rowdy protests in the halls of the Capitol, the battle has been joined over Gov. George E. Pataki's budget and the deep cuts that it would inflict.

Most of the lawmakers rose and clapped as he was introduced, and there were none of the rowdy protests that had been predicted.

The government filed corruption charges against the former prime minister and the main opposition party leader, Sheik Hasina, setting off rowdy protests on the streets of the capital, Dhaka.

Instrumental in overturning Kent County Council's 'mini-Section 28' policy after a long campaign, the Network is known for its vibrant, rowdy protests and youth-led campaigns.

At the same time, law enforcement officials around the state urged disappointed opponents of Proposition 187 to remain calm and not take to the streets in rowdy protest, as they had done in the days leading up to Tuesday's voting.

A8 Ritual Protests in Cambodia The rowdy protests that have paralyzed Cambodia's capital for the last week began to take on a ritual flavor as political leaders took up postelection bargaining.

Journalists covering Parliament staged a rowdy protest in the press gallery on Wednesday evening, interrupting the debate on the floor.