31.   This, the movement said, prompted top Shiite opposition leader Sheikh Abdul Amir al-Jamri to throw his weight behind the national charter.

32.   Political parties are still banned, and candidates are officially independent, although many are openly members of mainly Shiite opposition movements.

33.   Saudi authorities are continuing to round up large numbers of Shiite Moslems and recently arrested a senior religious dignitary, the Shiite opposition said in a communique received here.

34.   Shiite opposition leaders insist there is no link between foreign countries and the protests which are against unemployment and the suspension of parliament in Bahrain.

35.   Shiite opposition leader Abdel Wahab Hussein was freed by Bahraini authorities after five months in jail for his alleged participation in violent demonstrations, opposition officials said Saturday.

36.   The Iraqi army has launched two wide-scale offensives against Shiite Moslems in southern Iraq, the main Shiite opposition movement said Tuesday.

37.   The mainly Shiite Moslem opposition has denied that recent mass arrests have crippled their movement and vowed to resume violent protests after Ramadan.

38.   The Iraqi army has launched a series of attacks on Shiite Moslem villages in southern Iraq, a Tehran-based Shiite opposition body said Tuesday.