1.   In June of last year Mr Gorbachev met secretly with leaders of the radical opposition.

2.   But none of the most radical opposition initiatives were approved.

3.   Even if history concludes Clinton was wrongly impeached by a radical opposition, he may only echo Andrew Johnson, the first president impeached.

4.   Indeed, radical nationalist opposition has included proposals such as reneging on a unilateral commitment to reduce tactical nuclear weapons if NATO is expanded eastward.

5.   Syria, under the late President Hafez al-Assad, sheltered and financed the radical Palestinian opposition to Arafat.

6.   The effects are rocking this country in ways never imagined by the radical opposition that many of the protesters belonged to a generation ago.

7.   The government has responded by inhibiting public protests against the peace treaty and expelling from the country members of radical Palestinian opposition groups.

8.   Overwhelmingly Muslim but staunchly secular Uzbekistan has been for the past several years battling the radical Islamic opposition which seeks to set up an Islamic state in Central Asia.

9.   Radical opposition militants are frequently attacking Russian soldiers in the Tajik capital, and some attacks have targeted ethnic Russian civilians as well.

10.   A radical opposition group warned the government Tuesday that the execution, if it happens, could bring about an escalation in violence.