21.   He planned to return to the capital in the afternoon to follow voting from his office in Government House.

22.   In many towns, leaders are taking that as an order to prevent voting from taking place.

23.   Kulik won first-place votes from four of the nine judges, Stojko was favored by two and Eldredge by three in their short programs.

24.   Kulik won first-place votes from four of the nine judges, Stojko was favored by two and Eldredge by three for their short programs.

25.   Kulik won first-place votes from four of the nine judges, Stojko was favored by two and Eldredge by three.

26.   Meanwhile, Mr Suen reiterated there would be practical problems if the government allowed people to vote from overseas.

27.   Republicans fear that could siphon votes from their nominee.

28.   The main opposition leader, Laurent Gbagbo of the Ivorian Popular Front, urged supporters to do everything possible to prevent voting from taking place.

29.   The most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri, voted from his house arrest quarters in Qom.

30.   The millions of Mexican-born immigrants in the United States cannot vote from abroad.