21.   On the day the constitution was adopted three opposition politicians attending an international human rights conference in Bishkek, Kirgizstan, were reportedly seized by Uzbek security police.

22.   Opposition politicians accused the government of complacency in delaying action to remove lead from petrol.

23.   His comments sparked an angry response from opposition politicians.

24.   American assistance, after all, can be a double-edged sword, providing help to opposition politicians but also exposing them to anti-American backlash.

25.   An opposition politician who said the same thing is being investigated as well.

26.   Analysts said the outcome of the election is even less clear after the police charged senior government and opposition politicians with taking bribes.

27.   An opposition politician, Shin Ki-ha, and his family also died.

28.   And he promised to work with opposition politicians and independent journalists.

29.   And there has been scarcely a murmur of protest about the measures among the people, even as opposition politicians and some intellectuals have railed against them.

30.   And opposition politicians, sensing the public unease over this new spending, have moved eagerly onto the attack.