41.   Uribe ran as an independent candidate after splitting from the Liberal Party that fielded Serpa.

42.   Kaifu announced his decision to run as a rival candidate immediately after the LDP executive moved to support Murayama.

43.   Last week, another liberal opposition group, the National Front, declined to present candidates after one of its press conferences was banned.

44.   Lee is expected to be officially named the GNP candidate after a party convention in March or April.

45.   The badly divided left has been scrambling to find a credible candidate after the withdrawal in December of its most likely prospect, outgoing European Commission President Jacques Delors.

46.   The French left has been scrambling to find a credible candidate after the withdrawal in December of its most likely prospect, outgoing European Commission President Jacques Delors.

47.   The French left had been struggling to find a candidate after the withdrawal in December of its main prospective candidate, former European Commission President Jacques Delors.

48.   The former rebel leader cited the murder of a RENAMO candidate after vote counting in the southern Inhambane province as evidence of the irregularities.