1.   But many African leaders insist that Westerners and their black opposition party allies are simply failing to acknowledge basic African realities.

2.   In pulling out of the election, the Socialist Party and its opposition allies said they would not recognize the new Parliament.

3.   Ranariddh and his opposition ally, Sam Rainsy, refused to accept the election results, alleging widespread intimidation and fraud by the CPP.

4.   Although Fortune is not a member of Convergence, he is a prominent opposition ally.

5.   An angry Ranariddh and opposition ally Sam Rainsy applied for legal permission to hold a peaceful mass rally Sunday.

6.   An angry Ranariddh and opposition ally Sam Rainsy applied for permission to hold a peaceful mass rally Sunday.

7.   FUNCINPEC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh and his opposition ally, Sam Rainsy, have frequently played on deep anti-Vietnamese sentiments many Cambodians hold.

8.   He said his opposition ally, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, is expected to also sign the letter Monday afternoon.

9.   Kaunda, scheduled to meet with opposition allies later Tuesday, has declined to comment on the effectiveness of the boycott.

10.   Prince Norodom Ranariddh of the royalist FUNCINPEC party and his opposition ally Sam Rainsy had threatened to boycott parliament, effectively preventing the formation of a government.