1.  Two independent Sri Lankan monitoring groups were far more critical.

2.  The majority of deaths were, according to monitoring groups, related to vigilante action in Natal and the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging region of the Transvaal.

3.  The ruling was made on the grounds that he had a well-founded fear of persecution in Germany where monitoring groups had reported an increase in racist attacks.

4.  Poll Watch, an independent monitoring group established prior to the March election, reported that the election campaign had been marred by widespread corruption and violence.

5.  The ecological monitoring group is a useful initiative to ensure that the environmental impacts of the spill would be assessed.

6.  The monitoring group has a chairman but no members and no date for its first meeting.

7.  An independent monitoring group, the Kosovo Action for Civic Initiative, released similar figures, showing an overall victory for the Democratic League of Kosovo.

8.  And monitoring church groups to guarantee they do not mingle religious teachings with government-funded programs would be next to impossible.

9.  As a result, Fujimori has received far more TV coverage than his rivals, according to Transparencia, a Lima-based electoral monitoring group.

10.  As early as last month, the U.S. said it would form the monitoring group.