1.   The new show, in which leading opposition figures have been charged, is technically within the law.

2.   It is still a close contest between two leading opposition parties.

3.   Three leading opposition figures were prevented from leaving Kenya in the first week of July to attend a human rights conference in London.

4.   The meeting took place against the background of politically inspired violence in December in which several leading opposition figures had been attacked by unidentified armed gangs.

5.   At the same time as the trials, several leading opposition dissident and human rights figures were detained.

6.   The polls were boycotted by six opposition groups, including the leading opposition party, the Union of Democratic Forces.

7.   Although Amondji is from the Ivoirian Popular Front, the leading opposition party here, his efforts have even been hailed by President Henri Konan Bedie.

8.   Amien Rais, who has emerged as the leading opposition figure in recent weeks, said that for the moment he would give Habibie the benefit of the doubt.

9.   As the vote nears, Zedillo is leading opposition presidential candidates Diego Fernandez de Cevallos and Cuauhtemoc Cardenas by a comfortable margin in polls.

10.   At one point, the Zulu-nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party also surged ahead, to be the leading opposition party.