1.   In such circumstances the rejected candidate needs to be reassured that his response will be treated in confidence.

2.   An even higher watchdog council that the conservatives dominate then found a way to manipulate parliamentary rules to force through two rejected candidates.

3.   And it comes a year after a rejected white candidate sued the Boston Police Department over a similar policy.

4.   The EEOC is seeking jobs for the rejected candidates, along with back pay, pension contributions and other damages.

5.   The monitoring committee says it continues to seek applicants but has not ruled out reconsidering previously rejected candidates.

6.   The rejected candidates can appeal in the Election Commission on Saturday and Sunday.

7.   The rejected candidates were Khatami supporters.

8.   The rejected candidates were supporters of Khatami.

9.   The rejected candidate, who revealed his homosexuality in a national television programme February, is a leader of the North Rhine-Westphalia federation of homosexuals.

10.   The two rejected candidates are linked to the Congolese opposition but are little known.