They were following a call by nationalists for a two-day strike to protest his arrival.

"The atrocities carried out by Serbian nationalists must be halted."

Now, feeling insecure and harassed by nationalists in several Soviet republics, many have once more had to start a new life.

Petitions by Indonesian nationalists to establish military service for indigenous people were rejected.

In 1848, revolutions by liberals and nationalists were a failed attempt to establish a unified German state.

"It's a war by extreme Serbian nationalists against the rest of the Bosnian population, who would like to live together in a mixed, democratic society."

A deeper question was over the troubling history of violence by religious nationalists bent on destroying the peace with the Palestinians.

A nuclear plant, which has been the focus of protest by Lithuanian nationalists, would be able to supply electricity for some time.

But the action set off protests by ardent nationalists exercising their new right to take to the streets.

As early voting results began showing successes by the Communists and extreme nationalists, official reports became increasingly limited.