11.   The violence occurred just as Maliana was recovering from street protests Monday and Tuesday by East Timorese against alleged bias against them in government jobs.

12.   Cricket officials in the northeast state of Assam started a court case against the BCCI, alleging bias against the omission of Guwahati.

13.   The Russian delegation threatened on Thursday to boycott the Games after alleging bias in Olympic judging standards, principally in skating.

14.   Tucker and James McDougal also alleged political bias by Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr, a Republican and former official in the George Bush administration.

15.   Russia had threatened to pull out of the Games, alleging bias.