1.   A researcher who claims widespread fraud involving military Decorations says he warned Adm.

2.   But Schermerhorn appealed, claiming voter fraud.

3.   His persistence in claiming election fraud has dismayed members of his campaign and split his team.

4.   Shareholders sued, claiming fraud.

5.   So they are going after their stock brokers in record number, claiming fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty and misrepresentation.

6.   Three of them never took their seats since the conservative Guardian Council, which oversees elections, invalidated their victories by claiming election fraud.

7.   Opposition parties boycotted the final two rounds of voting, claiming fraud.

8.   After the voting, enraged opposition supporters, claiming fraud, clashed with police throughout Albania.

9.   Avendano, a member of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party backed by the rebel Zapatista National Liberation Army, claimed fraud and refused to concede defeat.

10.   Bulatovic has refused to recognize the result of the balloting, claiming fraud, though foreign observers have called the elections generally free and fair.