61.   Independent monitors left Kosovo before the bombing and almost all foreign journalists were kicked out of the province, making it impossible to confirm claims about the situation.

62.   It also was being watched by the World Anti-Doping Agency, which stationed independent monitors to make sure rules and procedures were followed.

63.   It also was being watched by the World Anti-Doping Agency, which stationed independent monitors to make sure procedures were followed.

64.   Legislation passed Thursday would grant the police search-and-arrest powers and limit the input of independent monitors during the election.

65.   Legislation passed Thursday would grant the police search-and-arrest powers and limit the input of independent monitors in the run up to the March election campaign.

66.   Most independent monitors judged the vote fraudulent.

67.   Moreover, only one independent monitor is allowed in each counting center, and he or she may have difficulty keeping an eye on everything.

68.   New Jersey also agreed to a settlement with the Justice Department and allowed an independent monitor to oversee the State Police.

69.   On Wednesday the military-backed government asked the United Nations to provide independent monitors for the elections.

70.   Since its withdrawal, there have been no independent monitors to check on widespread accounts from refugees of massacres, rapes and other human rights violations.