11.   The group apparently registered only minutes before the start of the parade.

12.   Authorities refused to let the group register, as required by law.

13.   Authorities have confiscated office equipment and have refused to allow the group to register as a legal entity, the letter said.

14.   But Chinese officials refused to let the group legally register and soon began rounding up its organizers and their associates.

15.   China requires all unofficial groups to register with the authorities, and in most cases applications are turned down.

16.   Chinese law requires organized social groups to register with the government.

17.   Five groups have registered to bid for the Northeast line, the next on the auction block and one of the most attractive, he said.

18.   Hale says the law does not spell out what constitutes a charity, giving the attorney general arbitrary power to decide what groups must register.

19.   Other groups registered higher inflation rates in April.

20.   The new Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations Act requires all religious groups to register with the Uzbek government.