21.   The withdrawal was seen as tacit admission of defeat by a force authorities claim is backed by foreigners.

22.   He has since announced that civilians will be organised to defend themselves, a tacit admission that the army cannot protect them.

23.   In a tacit admission of its own unpopularity, the police service has put up posters in several police stations comparing its members favourably only with armed robbers.

24.   Prime Minister Antoine Nduwayo said last Sunday that villagers would be organised into self-defence groups, a tacit admission that the army is no longer able to protect them.

25.   That appeared tacit admission of a rumoured compromise under which Karadzic would step down and the Serbs would not be forced to hand him over to the UN tribunal.

26.   The appointment of four Europeans for the final has been seen as a tacit admission by FIFA that the refereeing of some matches here has been substandard.

27.   The appointment of four Europeans for the final has been seen as a tacit admission by FIFA that the refereeing of some matches here has been sub-standard.