31.   Police on Friday also barricaded the planned venue of an opposition rally in Lahore, capital of northeastern Punjab province.

32.   Police routinely beat and arrest participants in opposition rallies, and several prominent opposition-minded politicians have disappeared in Belarus under hazy circumstances.

33.   President Daniel arap Moi ordered police to stop brutally disrupting peaceful opposition rallies, the ruling party newpaper reported Thursday.

34.   President Teodoro Obiang, whose security forces have jailed and reportedly tortured political opponents and prevented opposition rallies, has just one opponent in the election Sunday.

35.   Pavkovic last week said the military could intervene to stop any attempt to overthrow the government and that growing opposition protest rallies threatened to spark a civil war.

36.   Police broke up several opposition rallies and arrested dozens of Tsvangirai supporters in the run up to the elections.

37.   Police fired tear gas in the western provincial capital of Bulawayo to disperse rival party supporters who clashed before an opposition rally, witnesses said.

38.   Police have frequently clubbed and jailed participants at opposition rallies.

39.   Police used water cannons to break up a Malaysian opposition rally outside a prison camp where six activists are being held without trial.

40.   Policemen armed with automatic weapons lined the streets leading to the venue of an opposition rally, where demonstrators demanded the reopening of Parliament.