21.   In response, the Tutsi-dominated army often takes reprisals against Hutu villagers, human rights monitors say, though army officials deny it.

22.   In recent days as the tanks and artillery have withdrawn, access has improved, the monitors say.

23.   Indeed, rape has been used as an instrument of terror by those aligned with the military junta, and human rights monitors say it is a daily occurrence.

24.   International monitors said police have been sniping at ethnic Albanian civilians from the motel for several days.

25.   International election monitors said the vote was seriously flawed.

26.   In winter, government pollution monitors say, the air quality here is among the worst in the world.

27.   Independent budget monitors said Friday that either way, the city could absorb the revenue loss because the economy was so strong.

28.   International monitors said a number of them appeared to have been shot in the head at close range.

29.   International rights monitors say such a reaction is to be expected, particularly when a government perceives a loss of control.

30.   Many international police monitors say that local police forces have secretly stockpiled huge amounts of weapons and ammunition in preparation for conflict.