41.   The New York-based group Human Rights Watch said more than a dozen political dissidents were interrogated in what it called the severest pressure in years.

42.   The monitor, Andreas Mavrommatis, a Cypriot diplomat, also said Iraqis appeared to stage traffic accidents in which religious leaders or political dissidents have died.

43.   The president had excoriated his critics in a speech, and Gonchar, a leading political dissident, believed a crackdown was imminent.

44.   The women, who officials said included prostitutes and possibly political dissidents, worked long hours, despite their injured fingers, officials said.

45.   There is a third story, a separate novel, about an affair between a political dissident in hiding and a young society girl.

46.   They can actively lobby on behalf of political dissidents without fear of repercussions.

47.   There is the science fiction story the political dissident invents.

48.   They criticized China for locking up political dissidents, banning unions and failing to adopt labor standards.

49.   They gathered intelligence, coordinated propaganda broadcasts and provided safe passage for Iraqi military defectors and political dissidents, some of whom joined the CIA-backed armed resistance.

50.   These groups say Chinese government repression against political dissidents and religious movements and discrimination against women and the disabled violate the Olympic spirit.