81.   Fadzil, the PAS president, said on Sunday that his party would like to contest elections on its own without compromising its Islamic stance.

82.   Feni is one of the five parliamentary constituencies from where she is contesting the election that the main opposition parties are boycotting.

83.   Fifty-one candidates contested the elections.

84.   Former president Kenneth Kaunda will not be allowed to contest upcoming elections, despite opposition demands and a Western aid freeze, President Frederick Chiluba says.

85.   Forgoing its well-known Hindu nationalist ideology, the ousted Bharatiya Janata Party will contest coming elections on a common secular platform with its allies, the party said Sunday.

86.   Four parties are contesting the elections, an unprecedented number that highlights discontent the economy.

87.   Forty-nine parties in all are contesting the election.

88.   Gen. Nhek Bunchhay announced a merger with the beleaguered remnants of the Khmer Rouge guerrilla group, putting at risk the accord that allows Ranariddh to contest the election.

89.   Ghinwa said she will contest elections from the Bhutto family home in Larkana in interior Sindh.

90.   Gore contested the election, claiming thousands of votes went uncounted.