61.   The opposition also wants a new and controversial electoral code to be repealed before polls are held.

62.   The polls will be held next Thursday.

63.   The prime minister has yet to announce when the polls will be held.

64.   The United States reacted with outrage to the cancellation, with State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns slamming the decision to hold new polls.

65.   The severely limited resources of the National Interim Electoral Commission also led many to wonder whether the polls would be held.

66.   The United States had not opposed holding the poll, they said.

67.   The three have said their aim was to present a large range of electoral systems under which polls are held in many countries.

68.   Their actions came after Zia refused demands for a constitutional amendment to hold future polls under a neutral caretaker government.

69.   Last week, Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura hinted that a snap poll might be held after a parliament session which is to end in June.

70.   Mittal said prices could recover after parliamentary polls are held in India next year.