21.   Authoritarian leader fights off impeachment effort.

22.   Authoritarian leaders still rule in the region.

23.   Authoritarian leader Igor Smirnov easily won a third term as head of a breakaway region in eastern Moldova, according to final election results released Thursday.

24.   Authoritarian leaders derail democracy.

25.   Bowing to a public outcry, the government of President B.J. Habibie has pledged to crack down on corruption associated with former authoritarian leader Suharto.

26.   But a close aide acknowledged the party of the authoritarian leader will likely end up in the opposition nonetheless.

27.   But Lukashenko, an authoritarian leader who has bristled at critical reports in the Russian media, has insisted Sheremet be tried in court.

28.   But relations with the authoritarian leader were strained by an election campaign riddled with irregularities and allegations of government fraud.

29.   Clinton noted that the uninvited Cuban president, Fidel Castro, is the last authoritarian leader in the region.

30.   Faced with sagging support in the last few months and pressure from abroad, the authoritarian leader agreed last week to sit with the opposition leaders.