21.   UN observers protested to Zagreb over the killing of hundreds of people, many of them elderly, who had opted to remain.

22.   Many educated Chinese, especially young women, are flouting tradition and opting to remain single, according to the results of a survey published Monday.

23.   She and her children were killed on Monday, relatives told her husband Ezzedin al-Majid who had opted to remain in Jordan.

24.   Streets remained deserted Friday, the Pakistani weekend holiday, as most people opted to remain indoors.

25.   The journalist has since opted to remain in France.