31.   Unidentified gunmen on Friday shot and injured an outspoken opposition legislator and his wife as they were driving home from their beach house, officials said.

32.   After the civil war, his outspoken opposition to the presence of Syrian forces in Lebanon gained him popularity among nationalist movements.

33.   The Palestinian president pressed hard for the amendments in the face of outspoken opposition from hardline opponents who vowed Thursday to stand their ground.

34.   On Friday, Yeltsin fired the deputy commander of the paratroopers for his outspoken opposition to the cuts.