21.   A few polls reportedly opened late, but for the most part the elections went smoothly.

22.   A few polls reportedly opened late Sunday, but for the most part the elections went smoothly.

23.   A thousand people were already in line at a small tented polling station in Mbare, outside of Harare, when polls opened.

24.   Algerian polls open for lone candidate after others withdraw.

25.   And, for the first time, the victory of the incumbent president and the ruling Kenya African National Union party, was not assured when the polls opened.

26.   As polls opened, scores of refugees boarded buses in Sarajevo to travel to their prewar towns to vote, under escort of NATO-led troops.

27.   Before polls opened, some Serbs in eastern Slavonia said the elections are a first step to burying the past.

28.   But the official returns indicated voting was as intense Sunday as when the polls opened on Saturday.

29.   Candidates may step aside in favor of others right up to the time polls open Sunday.

30.   Even in Mostar, after boycotts by both sides, polls opened on both the Muslim and Croat sides.