1. Five Togolese opposition parties Wednesday denounced government-backed changes to the electoral code that will prevent a key opposition figure from standing in legislative polls due next month. 2. Fraud scandals are hurting the presidential election chances of Balladur, the rightwing favourite in polls due next spring to replace socialist President Francois Mitterrand. 3. Islam called on all Muslims in Kashmir to boycott the polls due later this year. 4. Togolese opposition parties Wednesday slammed a government plan to change the electoral code that would prevent a major opposition figure from standing in legislative polls due next month. 5. It has plans to contest the state legislative polls due next month. |