1.   He finished third in a vote marred by widespread accusations of electoral fraud after a campaign that was full of racial innuendo, but he vowed to try again.

2.   Other races have been punctuated with gunfire, and there are widespread accusations of buying votes with liquor, cash and even the addictive prescription pain-killer Oxycontin.

3.   Senior religious scholars have posed a series of open challenges, amid widespread accusations of corruption and, worse, decadence.

4.   So, too, might widespread accusations that he is paying MPs to change sides.

5.   The process was tainted by widespread accusations of fraud.

6.   When the count was re-started, Salinas was named president amid widespread accusations -- never proven -- of fraud.

7.   A military court acquitted eight paramilitary police members who had been charged in the deaths, prompting widespread accusations of a cover-up.

8.   As a result, the Palestinian press has virtually ignored the widespread accusations of irregularities in the election, which Arafat and his supporters won overwhelmingly.

9.   Both debacles led to widespread accusations of lax regulation.

10.   Despite widespread accusations that he directed a bloody crackdown against the guerrillas, he is still popular in Guatemala City for advocating strong measures to combat crime.