11.   The military ruler of Sudan, Lt.-Gen.

12.   The murders of pro-Aristide politicians, a deliberate attempt to sabotage the return to democracy.

13.   A series of inept and short-lived military rulers replaced the Duvaliers.

14.   According to the Associated Press, military ruler Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar asked last week that the charges be dropped as a move toward national reconciliation.

15.   After several hours of questioning, the three officers arrested were being held under a special-powers act adopted by the military rulers who succeeded Sheik Mujib.

16.   Algeria is emerging from a savage war between its military rulers and Islamic guerrilla groups, who singled out journalists and intellectuals and butchered entire villages.

17.   All that remained, he said, was agreement on a deadline for the military rulers to leave power.

18.   But a former military ruler annulled the election.

19.   But after decades of gross mismanagement under military rulers, it is also marked by sweeping poverty and ethnic tensions.

20.   Business leaders have asked the government to set up a meeting with the Pakistani military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, during his visit to India next month.