1.   The election was observed by groups from the United States, Japan, the Commonwealth and other South Asian countries.

2.   Also this week, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said officials would allow only foreigners from friendly countries to observe the election.

3.   At ease in Latin America, he has led U.S. missions to observe elections in Nicaragua and Guatemala.

4.   A small delegation of Congress members will be on hand to observe the elections, along with a team from the Organization of American States.

5.   Carter led delegations to observe elections in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

6.   European parliamentarians who arrived in Russia to observe the elections reported no widespread irregularities in voting Sunday.

7.   He invited US, European Union, Russian, and UN officials to observe the elections.

8.   He observed elections in El Salvador.

9.   He observed the election Sunday in the state of Michoacan with the Sacramento-based group North Americans for Democracy in Mexico.

10.   The canvassing board agreed Thursday to allow two members each from the Republican and Democratic parties to observe the elections in the manual- and machine-counting rooms.