11.   But nowhere in Latin America has democratization been accompanied by the full set of legal reforms needed to guarantee journalistic freedoms.

12.   But Syrians are impatient for real change and point uneasily to signs that having a young president does not guarantee more freedom.

13.   But the Sudanese National Congress met this week to approve a raft of constitutional reforms that government leaders say will guarantee freedom of speech and assembly.

14.   But the treaty has a clause permitting U.S. troops to stay if Panama is unable to guarantee freedom of movement for global shipping through the canal.

15.   But we have a First Amendment, guaranteeing freedom of speech, and many assume that a rule against spot political advertising would violate it.

16.   Each state has a right to set the date for its primary election and the Bill of Rights guarantees freedom of speech.

17.   EGYPT Although the Egyptian parliament has ratified international accords guaranteeing freedom of religion, converts from Islam to Christianity suffer arrest, torture and social ostracism.

18.   Its big issues today are guaranteeing the freedom of association and ending forced labor, child labor and discrimination.

19.   Last month China announced it would sign the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, which guarantees freedom of expression, assembly and religion.

20.   Many of the Catholic protesters framed their opposition in terms of the First Amendment, which, in addition to guaranteeing free speech, guarantees freedom of religion.