1.   Before Taiwan holds its first direct presidential election on Saturday, China is expected to conduct more exercises to intimidate Taiwanese voters.

2.   -- A candidate for the Fresno City Council apparently intimidated some voters by waiting in their homes while they voted -- raising questions about his compliance with state law.

3.   A Senate candidate was sending carloads of thugs to intimidate voters, she reported.

4.   But leaders of an opposing village party, the Unity Party, accused Pugliese of trying to intimidate voters, an assertion he denied.

5.   But Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich said that that opponents of the initiative had tried to intimidate voters into rejecting the measure.

6.   But they said many voters were intimidated by government-backed militants who threaten opposition supporters.

7.   China conducted military exercises off the coast of Taiwan in March in an effort to intimidate voters considering electing pro-independence officials in Taiwan.

8.   China launched missiles into the ocean near Taiwan in an attempt to intimidate voters just before the presidential election in Taiwan.

9.   China did not try to intimidate Taiwanese voters, as it has in previous years, by threatening military action if the island edged toward independence.

10.   China, which considers Taiwan a Irebel province, began a series of military exercises near Taiwan last July to intimidate voters into opposing Lee.