21.   His government has been praised for democratic reforms, and he had been expected to easily win re-election even without an opposition boycott.

22.   However, the panel praised the government for being more honest than in the past and admitting for the first time that torture was a problem.

23.   In Washington, the International Monetary Fund praised the government for braving the unrest.

24.   In Washington, the International Monetary Fund praised the government Friday for braving the unrest.

25.   On economic matters, the donors praised the government for slashing annual inflation from triple to single digits.

26.   Speaking by telephone from Lahore, Pakistan, Rahman praised both governments for not blocking private efforts toward reconciliation.

27.   The report, however, praised the government for creating a National Human Rights Secretary.

28.   The report did praise the government for demobilizing the leaders of paramilitary civil patrols blamed for many of the abuses in the Guatemalan countryside.

29.   The Thai government has praised the government of Myanmar for trying to tackle drug trafficking, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

30.   They praised the government in Kinshasa for allowing the deployment of U.N. observers to monitor a cease-fire line.