Meanings of placate protesters in English

Mubarak named Shafik prime minister in a last-ditch attempt to placate protesters.

Mubarak named Shafiq prime minister in a last-ditch attempt to placate protesters.

Assad's sacking of the Homs governor has failed to placate protesters.

Mr Assad's move to placate protesters calling for his overthrow has not ended a crackdown on demonstrators.

He was prime minister just over a month, appointed in the final days of Mubarak's rule as a last-ditch attempt to placate protesters.

That move failed to placate protesters, who quickly gathered in the thousands in Algiers to demand a removal of the elite and wholesale reforms.

March 26 - In an attempt to placate protesters, Assad frees 260 prisoners and 16 more the next day.

Ratings agency Moody's added to Cairo's financial woes by downgrading the country's debt rating on concern the Mubarak regime may spend more to placate protesters.

In a move to placate protesters, Putin and outgoing president Dmitry Medvedev have promised to restore popular elections of the governors of Russia's 83 regions.

Assad has responded to the unrest with a mix of military repression and political gestures aimed at placating protesters.