61.   Requests by the opposition for an independent electoral commission and for an official invitation for foreign election observers to monitor the vote have also fallen on deaf ears.

62.   Sergio Aguayo endured death threats for organizing elections observers.

63.   Some election observers also fear that even if voting was conducted fairly, the results could be falsely reported.

64.   Some opposition members would also benefit from the amnesty, although election observers have attributed most of the pre-election violence to government supporters.

65.   South African election observers agree that some reports of violence have proved unfounded.

66.   Tens of thousands of election observers, including hundreds from the United States, watched over the race.

67.   The autonomous Federal Electoral Institute had approved his credentials as an election observer.

68.   The balloting and vote count may be flawed, as the government is limiting the number of election observers.

69.   The European Union imposed sanctions on Mugabe and his close cronies after the head of its team of election observers was expelled.

70.   The polls closed amid allegations of widespread ballot rigging, intimidation and violence and calls for partial re-polling from election observers.