71.   The military said the poll had been to elect delegates to a constitutional convention.

72.   The third phase is a constitutional convention and free elections.

73.   Using a constitutional convention, state Governor Vinod Chandra Pandey asked the NDA to take power and prove its majority.

74.   U.S. officials expressed sympathy when pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi last month withdrew from a government-managed constitutional convention.

75.   Venezuela votes for constitutional convention.

76.   Foreign Minister Ohn Gyaw has said that Aung San Suu Kyi and her NLD would have no role to play unless they returned to the ongoing constitutional convention.

77.   He said financial reform would be one of the issues reviewed by the constitutional convention.

78.   Howard also revealed Sunday that he intends to brief Queen Elizabeth on plans for a constitutional convention if he visits Britain later this year.

79.   Howard has promised to put the issue to a constitutional convention before being put to the electorate in a referendum.

80.   A constitutional convention sponsored by the junta meets periodically in Rangoon to outline a new constitution which will lead to fresh elections.