1.   The amnesty, which excluded anyone who had been convicted of a criminal offence, including that of subversion, was greeted coolly by government opponents.

2.   All very dangerous say the governments opponents.

3.   At the same time, he has been accused, though never convicted, of graft, spying on government opponents and receiving payoffs from drug traffickers.

4.   Burma, which arrests, tortures and otherwise bullies government opponents, has earned its own regime of U.S. sanctions.

5.   Civil libertarians and experts on constitutional law said the legislation, if approved, could be used against union activists or government opponents deemed to have ties with subversives.

6.   Domestic critics have described the vote as little more than a power grab intended to replace government opponents with loyalists.

7.   For several months there has been a general crackdown on government opponents.

8.   Government opponents were pursuing varied strategies.

9.   Many government opponents said their only demand was that Parliament be re-established.

10.   Nor do government opponents expect much support from abroad.