91.   The nationwide election results would be announced later Monday.

92.   The race, part of municipal elections nationwide, will therefore go to a run-off second round ballot next Sunday.

93.   The US and the EU had worried about the implications for nationwide elections in Bosnia in September if the Croats were allowed to continue their boycott.

94.   The vote is being seen as a test for the nationwide elections due in September.

95.   NATO agreed Wednesday to help with establishing civilian administrative authorities in Bosnia after nationwide elections there at the weekend, an alliance official said.

96.   Officials said holding nationwide election in the present security climate would be an added strain on security forces and the police currently battling separatist Tamil Tiger guerrillas.

97.   Nationwide elections are due to be held by mid-September in accordance with the Dayton peace accords signed last December.

98.   Opposition parties against normalisation with the Jewish state hope the first nationwide local elections will prove a golden opportunity to build public support.

99.   Residents in this Serb nationalist stronghold see upcoming nationwide elections as a means to legitimize existing ethnic divisions in Bosnia, and some as a step towards full independence.

100.   Sheikh Hasina this month became prime minister, after an emphatic win in nationwide elections.