61.   With huge numbers of army troops and paramilitary forces deployed in the streets of Algiers, the vote took place in a tense and sullen atmosphere.

62.   Yet nearly everyone agrees that the vote must take place by June, before the election year pressures become any more intense.

63.   A compromise Thursday ended an opposition filibuster in the one-house parliament, allowing the vote to take place.

64.   A compromise, reached Thursday, ended the opposition filibuster, allowing the vote to take place.

65.   A first-round vote also took place in one zone that did not have an election last week.

66.   A final vote will take place in five days after experts have made sure that none of the many amendments are mutually exclusive.

67.   A vote would take four or five weeks.

68.   Although general security was tightened before and during the election, the vote took place without incident, the state-run Voice of Vietnam radio reported.

69.   Although general security was tightened before and during the election, the vote took place without incident, the radio said.

70.   And while the government had said the vote would take place sometime this month, Thierse said he hoped the vote would happen sometime this year.