11.   The execution, carried out despite pleas for a stay to consider purported new evidence, raised a firestorm of protest and anger against Singapore in the Philippines.

12.   The Ramos administration suffered a setback before the elections when it failed to persuade Singapore to postpone the execution of Filipino maid Flor Contemplacion to study purported new evidence.

13.   The trial was adjourned until Monday for defense lawyers to prepare their case against the purported new evidence that the prosecution has obtained from Thailand.

14.   They reacted angrily when Singapore refused to postpone the execution to study purported new evidence.

15.   Throughout his six-year presidency, he was confronted with purported evidence that he was personally implicated in wartime atrocities.

16.   Under public pressure, President Fidel Ramos has asked the Singapore government to postpone the execution until purported new evidence can be evaluated.

17.   New Delhi, which says Ansari has close links with Pakistani military intelligence, had handed over purported evidence of his alleged links with criminal activities in India.

18.   New Delhi, which says Ansari has ties with Pakistani military intelligence, had handed over purported evidence of his alleged links with criminal activities in India.