21.   On Friday, opposition lawmakers failed to pass a motion to remove Lien from a committee that names members of the Control Yuan, a top government watchdog body.

22.   Officials of the State Institute for Nuclear Security, a state-sponsored watchdog body of independent experts, were more conciliatory.

23.   Opposition parties have claimed the ANC wants a two-thirds majority to rewrite the constitution and undermine the independence of the Reserve Bank and watchdog bodies.

24.   Questions still lingered over how many Cambodian observers will be deployed, and whether they come from Hun Sen-linked groups or independent watchdog bodies.

25.   Senators would be elected rather than appointed by the prime minister and watchdog bodies would be set up to monitor human rights, corruption and elections.

26.   Sixty piracies have been reported so far this year around the world, a watchdog body reported Thursday.

27.   The agreement calls for those facilities to remain under the supervision of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, a U.N. watchdog body.

28.   The Control Yuan, as the watchdog body is known, has the power to impeach top government officials.

29.   The Health and Safety Executive is an independent, publicly funded watchdog body.

30.   The Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, a watchdog body, called on the government to sue the paper for contempt of court and introduce laws against harassment.