1.   And second, in a fledgling free society the one constituency you most want integrated into a democracy support group is the military.

2.   Democracy groups react angrily.

3.   Democracy groups, now under Chinese sovereignty, plan marches and rallies.

4.   European democracy groups and the Organization of African Unity are making a similar shift, he said.

5.   Most at risk are human rights and democracy groups, which come under close scrutiny from countries like China, India, Cuba and Russia.

6.   Opponents and democracy groups alleged Abacha manipulated the nomination process to eliminate all competition in the August presidential election.

7.   An alliance of democracy groups, meanwhile, demanded early elections, assailing Chuan for allegedly undermining political reform and kowtowing to the International Monetary Fund.

8.   But democracy groups have been pressuring Chuan to apologize to the Thai people, which he has refused to do.

9.   Confederation for Democracy president Weng Tojirakan said the democracy groups would propose alternatives to the government to increase its tax revenue instead of raising the petrol price.

10.   Democracy groups have said he is not sincere about wanting to change the system that brought him to power.