91.   Venezuelan law prohibits officials from publicly backing candidates in elections, or from using state funds for political propaganda.

92.   Venezuelan law prohibits government officials from publicly backing candidates in elections, or from using state funds for political propaganda.

93.   While insisting the missile tests are routine, it has acknowledged that it hopes to deter voters from backing pro-independence candidates.

94.   Fretilin is not officially backing either candidate.

95.   In the Kyoto mayoral election last month, a candidate backed by the ruling camp only narrowly beat one put up by the Japan Communist Party.

96.   In the Kyoto mayoral election last month, a candidate backed by the ruling camp narrowly beat one put up by the Japan Communist Party.

97.   Islamic religious leaders on Sunday urged young French Moslems to vote in forthcoming presidential elections, saying they should back the candidate best placed to fight for them.

98.   A recent opionon poll by the CBOS institute predicted that Walesa on Sunday would garner the support of many voters who backed other candidates in the first round.

99.   According to the authorities, most of the voting so far has elected candidates backed by the government.

100.   As a result, nearly one voter in three says he or she has not firmly decided which candidate to back.