11.   Lukashenko responded by firing the chief of the Central Election Commission, who had threatened to invalidate the results.

12.   Ma was arrested, the county police chief was fired and two local officers were detained for questioning.

13.   Military leader Gen. Sani Abacha has yet to explain the purge, which came just a few weeks after he fired the chiefs of his army and air force.

14.   The arrests stopped last weekend and the police chief was fired after former U.S. President Carter sent a letter to Balaguer saying they could jeopardize the runoff.

15.   The police chief was fired and the prisons director resigned Thursday amidst criticism of police who disobeyed court orders and a decision to release accused drug traffickers from jail.

16.   Two security chiefs are fired for the dormitory raid, a third is reprimanded in an apparent attempt to appease protesters.

17.   When Yeltsin abruptly fired his security chief, Alexander Lebed, Washington paid rapt attention.

18.   Fire chief Ronnie Beths said there were multiple casualties but would not immediately specify the number of people killed.