61.   Security forces deployed across Bihar for the elections stepped up patrols to prevent a possible outbreak of violence in the state, police said in the state capital Patna.

62.   Security forces, deployed across Bihar for the elections, stepped up patrols to prevent a possible outbreak of violence in the state, police said.

63.   The authorites are also bracing for a possible outbreak of cholera, a water-borne disease, due to water contamination following the flash floods.

64.   The exodus of refugees in eastern Zaire has also raised concern of a possible new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.