41.   Only in the last three years has an elected civilian government replaced the military rulers who ran the country for three decades after World War II.

42.   One of his first decisions was to endorse the pardon of two former Korean military rulers, including one who tried to have him killed.

43.   Over the decades, British colonialists and Nigerian military rulers retained control over such a large, diverse and unruly land by pitting ethnic groups against one another.

44.   Previous military rulers also released prisoners and replaced ministers when they took power.

45.   Several of its members had been deported or jailed by the military rulers.

46.   Since then the military rulers have systematically harassed and imprisoned the elected opposition members and their supporters, and have choked off any attempts at public protest.

47.   The current military rulers annulled a presidential election three years ago.

48.   The documents might help the Haitian government disarm and prosecute those who played a role in campaigns of terror conducted or condoned by the former military rulers.

49.   The front-runner is the son of Gen. Omar Torrijos, the cigar-chomping military ruler who became a national hero by negotiating the Panama Canal treaties.

50.   The military ruler at the time, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, has so far refused to appear before a human rights panel investigating the case.