1.   Born in Austria, he had been imprisoned after the Second World War but escaped to Argentina, where he was granted Argentinian citizenship.

2.   The existing law stated that only those who had been granted citizenship would be enfranchised.

3.   Before long, the immigration service was granting citizenship to thousands of immigrants before their background checks were completed.

4.   A spokesman for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi denied that politics was involved in granting Aritomi citizenship.

5.   But by then, the immigrants had already been granted citizenship.

6.   But the immigration service kept swearing in new citizens, unaware that it was granting citizenship to dozens of unqualified people.

7.   Clearly, for instance, the relationship between religion and state is an inherently cozy one, given the fact that citizenship is automatically granted to any Jew.

8.   Grateful for support during the war, the Bosnian authorities granted citizenship to hundreds of men from Islamic countries who fought in Bosnia as volunteers.

9.   He has a Danish girlfriend, and has learned to speak Danish, but Denmark has declined to grant accelerated citizenship for athletic purposes.

10.   His wife, Marianela, has been granted citizenship and the application of his son is pending.