At home, he pursued a similar policy, using censorship and a wide ranging spy network to dampen down unrest.

Some economists say the rash of strikes could snowball into wider unrest.

But they do admit there's wide unrest.

The currency has come under speculative pressure caused by a crippling 19-day rail strike and the threat of wider industrial unrest later this week.

The main evening news program, "Vremya," dwelled instead on the strikes and anti-independence demonstrations, which were portrayed as evidence of wide popular unrest.

The union's response is important, because price increases have often provoked wide domestic unrest in Poland.

The protests, quickly stifled by university authorities and the police, exposed the potential for wider unrest caused by urban inflation.

The protest was part of the wider unrest that is ongoing since February 2011.

In times of revolution, the continued loyalty or defection of such units has often played a key part in the outcome of wider unrest.

There are concerns in some quarters that prolonged attacks on Afghanistan could lead to wider unrest and deepen divisions in Pakistan.