11.   The Taliban, however, says a temporary cease-fire plays into the opposition hands, giving them time to regroup.

12.   Two of those seats had been in opposition hands.

13.   A spokesman for another opposition leader, Vuk Draskovic, said the rallies would go on until disputed city assemblies are safely in opposition hands.

14.   The plane made a forced landing and is now in opposition hands though its two pilots managed to escape, Choltayev said.

15.   One opposition leader, Vuk Draskovic, said after the vote that the rallies would continue until the disputed assemblies were safely in opposition hands.

16.   Socialist leaders warned, for example, that if Novi Sad fell into opposition hands it would be reduced to the status of a village.