31.   Their strike has been declared illegal by the authorities even though emergency and intensive care units are still operating.

32.   Their arrest followed an opposition rally held earlier this month in Niamey by eight opposition parties and deemed illegal by police.

33.   Most of the population of Crimea is Russian and the republic this year elected a secessionist government and introduced in May a constitution considered illegal by Kiev.

34.   NLC President Adams Oshiomhole was earlier arrested for refusing to call an immediate halt to the strike, declared illegal by an Abuja high court on Wednesday.

35.   The European Court of Justice ruled it illegal by backing Belgian footballer Jean-Marc Bosman.

36.   The judgement was seen as particularly embarrassing for the European Commission, which applies a similar policy of positive discrimination to the one judged illegal by the court.

37.   The KNP was declared illegal by the government shortly after it was founded in November because authorities said the party leadership had not submitted the appropriate application papers.

38.   The nationwide stoppage was ruled illegal by a court Wednesday and fell apart as public support faded Thursday, handing a convincing victory to President Olusegun Obasanjo.