91.   Officials said the attack on the interior minister was linked with presidential elections due in the Caucasus republic next Sunday.

92.   One such case might be during the municipal elections due to take place next year, probably in June.

93.   Peres, also keenly aware of his plunging popularity ahead of elections due in May, turned a deaf ear to calls for an emergency government.

94.   Opinion polls show Balladur has the most popular support among the candidates to succeed President Francois Mitterrand in elections due in April and May.

95.   President Nelson Mandela has launched a high-level initiave to bring peace to KwaZulu-Natal ahead of municipal elections due in the volatile province in May.

96.   President Nelson Mandela has launched a high-level initiative to bring peace to KwaZulu-Natal ahead of municipal elections due in the province in May.

97.   Polls show the junior partner may have to struggle in general elections due in September to clearPhhZ five-percent hurdle required for parliamentary representation.

98.   Pressure is mounting on Zimbabwe and the Mugabe government ahead of elections due in March which many fear will not be free and fair.

99.   Romanians were going to the polls Sunday in municipal elections widely seen as a dress rehearsal for a presidential election due in September.

100.   RENAMO has denied that its soldiers were involved in the hostage taking and said the claims were propoganda ahead of the elections due in October.