1.   Finally, legislators also approved a resolution that establishes a fund to compensate victims of human rights abuses committed since the military seized power three years ago.

2.   He became a leader of the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights, an umbrella organization formed shortly before the military seized power.

3.   They contend that Carmona and other business leaders had been plotting to oust Chavez and seized power when the antigovernment protests turned violent.

4.   Bare seized power promising a return democracy and civilian rule.

5.   China broke ties with the Vatican shortly after the Communists seized power.

6.   Chirac, meanwhile, has been struggling to hold his conservative coalition together after the left seized power last June when the president called early legislative elections.

7.   Civilians were also suffering from the effects of sanctions imposed on the country after Maj. Pierre Buyoya, a Tutsi, seized power last July.

8.   Rebel groups drove Soviets out and seized power, turning against each other.

9.   The developments come two weeks after a former army chief seized power in the West African nation.

10.   The sanctions were imposed after Buyoya, a retired army officer, seized power in a military coup.