31.   The sides agreed that international monitors should observe the elections and that no groups should be barred from participating.

32.   The Supreme Court today agreed to decide whether Congress can bar groups funded by the Legal Services Corp. from filing lawsuits that seek to change welfare laws.

33.   The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Democratic Russia, another group barred from the elections, should be registered.

34.   They agreed that international monitors should observe the elections and that no groups should be barred.

35.   Wardens barred the group, which was outnumbered by reporters, from entering the prison grounds.

36.   France clamped down on anti-nuclear protests in Tahiti Tuesday, barring a group of overseas protesters from French Polynesia in fear of a fresh outbreak of violence.

37.   France fired a preemptive strike Tuesday at plans for an anti-nuclear march in Tahiti, barring a group of overseas protesters from French Polynesia.

38.   In addition, old colonial laws giving police tight control over protests and barring political groups from having foreign links would be reintroduced.

39.   Draft legislation now before the House of Representatives would bar groups identified as terrorist organizations from raising funds in the United States.

40.   The United States and most other Western nations opposed moves to bar the groups.