Foreign observers declared the elections fraudulent, and most of the elected opposition candidates refused to take their seats.

He pointed out that international observers had declared the vote the most transparent in Mexican history.

"You have the look of the true sainted fool," one observer declares.

More than once, observers declared that laser disks would make a resurgence.

International and internal observers declared the vote free and fair.

Many observers declare the economy's troubles over.

About 60 per cent of the country's nearly 61,000 voters cast ballots, and international observers declared the elections free and fair.

It led some observers declared that the summer initiative was a flop.

International and local observers declared the entire process as free, fair, and transparent.

Foreign observers monitoring the election declared it to be fair.