11.   Reporters also observed the delivery of a bouquet of flowers addressed to Miss Hurley, and a new double bed.

12.   Reporters have observed widespread bribe-taking by troops guarding checkpoints.

13.   Reporters observed numerous irregularities Sunday, including polling stations that closed just three hours after opening and voters who were allowed to cast ballots for their relatives.

14.   Activity was normal at government offices, banks and markets in the capital Bangui despite a lack of transport caused by fuel shortages, reporters observed.

15.   Paratroopers from elite forces have been brought in from the city of Rostov- on-the-Don, an AFP reporter observed.

16.   Several hours later they had fought their way to the southern perimeter and then into neighbouring Bagram village, an AFP reporter observed.

17.   The Bedouin have entered the unsupervised enclosure put up by the Authority, an AFP reporter observed.