21.   A court freed eight men Saturday who had been detained for taking part in seminar organized by a leading government opponent.

22.   A court sentenced a government opponent to two years in prison following conviction for publishing false statements about the police, a human rights group said Thursday.

23.   A second military dissident joined the daring protests against the government of President Hugo Chavez as government opponents and supporters staged dueling demonstrations in the capital.

24.   Al-Bayati said the rebel fighters were government opponents operating within Iraq.

25.   All three have said government opponents are using European countries as bases for operations, and asked for more cooperation on extradition.

26.   Agamene was detained in a hunt for government opponents in which dozens of people were captured in September.

27.   All the candidates who competed were Islamic fundamentalists, and genuine government opponents were barred.

28.   As a show of good faith, he has freed hundreds of prisoners, including leading dissidents and government opponents.

29.   Aristide also has criticized the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti for failing to disarm government opponents.

30.   Aristide has criticized the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti for failing to disarm government opponents.