11.   Pending the election of new legislators, Nazarbayev has been ruling the Central Asian nation by decree.

12.   Pending new elections, Haiti is left without a legislative branch.

13.   Any deal must be ratified by the South African and European Parliaments, both of which are about to recess pending elections.

14.   Barak formally resigned in December, but remained in power pending the election.

15.   China is disbanding the legislature and has set up an unelected substitute pending fresh elections expected next year which are likely to be less open.

16.   China says the legislature was elected under rules devised without its consent, and must be replaced by an appointed body pending fresh elections after the handover.

17.   China is disbanding the legislature in midterm and has set up an unelected substitute pending fresh elections expected next year.

18.   China, arguing that it never agreed to this, plans to disband the legislature and replace it with an unelected assembly pending fresh elections.

19.   Dodge accepted the appointment pending the election of a new president, the university said in a statement that was published Saturday in several Beirut dailies.

20.   He has been ruling by decree pending new elections.