1.   Gen Zia opposed the agreement because it did not include transferring power from the communist rulers to the Muslim rebels his government had armed for a decade.

2.   After being banned from his own country by its new communist rulers, Hanh founded Plum Village outside Bordeaux in France.

3.   But at the same time, he condemned the communist rulers of that nation.

4.   But toward the end of his life, especially after Mikhail Gorbachev disclosed the shortcomings of previous communist rulers, Barr said he gave up on communism.

5.   Its communist rulers have maintained stability by rapid economic growth and tight political control.

6.   Meanwhile, communist rulers worry about activists in an unauthorized trade union camped out with the student hunger-strikers.

7.   The Communist rulers have tried to avoid provoking the organization, whose members are seen as decent citizens.

8.   BEIJING -- The Communist rulers of China are engaged in what appears to be one of their most intensive anti-corruption campaigns in years.

9.   But many in the exile community oppose any return to Cuba while communist ruler Fidel Castro remains in power.

10.   Christian hymns filled Revolution Square on Monday as Cuban Catholics rehearsed the papal Mass that their communist rulers are strongly urging all to attend next weekend.