1.   The return of Communists to power seemed possible even as late as the presidential runoff between Zyuganov and Yeltsin in July.

2.   Colombians overwhelmingly endorsed talks in a referendum last year, both candidates in the presidential runoff election backed them, and previously recalcitrant guerrillas are showing interest.

3.   Desperate for a dynamic leader after two years of political, economic and natural disasters, Ecuadoreans will head to the polls Sunday for a presidential runoff election.

4.   Former Communist Aleksander Kwasniewski defeats Solidarity hero Lech Walesa by a slim margin in a presidential runoff, according to projections from the state polling agency.

5.   Gennady Zyuganov, the leader of the Communist faction in Parliament and the man Yeltsin defeated in the presidential runoff last month, was invited and attended.

6.   Jean-Marie Le Pen at his home Sunday in the Paris suburb of St.-Cloud, after hearing early preliminary results of the presidential runoff.

7.   President Boris Yeltsin failed again Sunday to make any public appearances, fueling deepening concern over his health just three days before the presidential runoff election.

8.   That outcome pitted Le Pen against Chirac in the presidential runoff.

9.   The Clinton administration backed away Tuesday from its own harsh assessment that the presidential runoff election on Sunday in Peru was invalid.

10.   The extreme-right National Front of Jean-Marie Le Pen, whom Chirac trounced in a presidential runoff six weeks ago, failed to win any seats.