21.   But the front-runner remained Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president and the only general to give up power voluntarily to a civilian government.

22.   But whether heavily guarded tractor-trailers laden with the radioactive material actually started rolling was one of the most tightly held secrets in civilian government.

23.   But this is a fear shared by civilian governments around Africa as well.

24.   By September, elected civilian government returned to Thailand.

25.   By order of the Supreme Court, a return to civilian government is supposed to occur by next October.

26.   By September, elected civilian government had returned to Thailand.

27.   Colombia is a country with a fragile civilian government and a military with one of the worst human rights records in Latin America.

28.   Civilian government is no guarantee of respect for human rights.

29.   Civilian governments violate human rights as well.

30.   Defense Secretary William Perry cites the return to civilian government in most of Latin America as a strong argument for lifting the ban.