1.   An observer mission from the Organization of American States reported no irregularities of any significance.

2.   Behind the Serb anger is the conviction that the international observer mission has been biased against them from the start.

3.   But other observer missions faulted the result and the way the election was conducted.

4.   But two weeks ago a former Western military officer and member of the diplomatic observer mission was shown a new range of weaponry.

5.   Fully staffing and deploying the observer mission could take weeks.

6.   Reuters reported that the plane had been flying from Togo to Abidjan carrying Beye and five other members of the U.N. observer mission in Angola.

7.   The Croats are offering to send soldiers to a military observer mission in Sierra Leone, where a peace treaty was signed between the government and rebels in July.

8.   The first observer missions could take place as early as today, the newspaper said, quoting senior Clinton administration officials.

9.   The officer in the observer mission was taken aback when a powerful U.S.-made Barret sniper rifle was brought out for display.

10.   The Suburbans, painted a bright orange to make them unmistakably part of the observer mission, were marked with American flags.