71.   Pro-democracy demonstrators demanding reforms to make the elections fairer were repeatedly beaten by police, who killed more than a dozen people.

72.   Riot squads fired warning shots and tear gas when thousands of student demonstrators demanding democratic reform tried to storm the Parliament on Thursday.

73.   Riot squads fired shots and tear gas when thousands of student demonstrators demanding democratic reform tried to storm the Parliament on Thursday.

74.   Similar past calls by the opposition, which is demanding political reforms, have had little impact.

75.   Salai Tun Than was reportedly demanding political reform.

76.   Small groups of demonstrators, some waving banners demanding democratic reform, were prevented from reaching the planned site of a march through downtown Harare.

77.   Tens of thousands took to the streets that month to demand political reform after the ouster and arrest of popular deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.

78.   The all-party commission demanded drastic reform of the police and judicial system and Dehaene promised to act on it.

79.   The calls come amid an increase in intimidation and harassment of opposition groups demanding constitutional reform ahead of the vote.

80.   The bodyguard association, the largest union for private security guards, is demanding reform of a law that prohibits free-lance work.