1.   And in December, he issued an emergency decree barring the opposition from challenging any of the results from the elections, even if evidence of rigging was established.

2.   In Russia, the balance has tipped toward the police with President Boris Yeltsin last month issuing an emergency decree giving them broad powers to detain suspects without charges.

3.   She criticized Menem for making the cuts by emergency decree rather than presenting them to Congress for debate.

4.   They said Menem would convert Argentina into a dollar economy by emergency decree should the peso come under a severe speculative attack.

5.   Two were presidential decrees for Tropical Storms Charley and Frances, and one was an emergency decree for the summer drought and wildfires.

6.   A gaggle of friends, rights activists and loyalists descended upon the stately white-columned mansion and helped him draft an emergency decree that was doomed to fail.

7.   Chavalit said Monday he plans to step down after Parliament ratifies six emergency decrees providing the legal framework for a financial restructuring program as well as new election laws.

8.   Emergency royal decrees can be issued by the Cabinet, but they require endorsement in the first subsequent Parliamentary meeting.

9.   Foreign banks were alarmed by emergency decrees adopted last month to contain a crisis in the banking system.

10.   His aides, however, have denied that the declaration of an emergency decree is imminent.