111.   Pakistan has abruptly postponed a scheduled population census in a move attributed to ethnic rivalries and hostility from provincial authorities.

112.   President Nelson Mandela urged provincial authorities Saturday to make condoms freely available, to young people in particular, to combat the spread of AIDS in the country.

113.   Provincial authorities have ordered a major publicity drive to curb the spread of STDs, but similar campaigns in the past have had little effect.

114.   Provincial authorities meanwhile banned increases in staple-food prices, with immediate fines for anyone caught profiteering from the flood.

115.   Provincial authorities quickly denied the deal.

116.   Pietermaritzburg, the KwaZulu-Natal provincial capital, was Tuesday declared a disaster area by provincial authorities.

117.   Previously, the provincial authorities had been in charge of hygiene and quarantine control.

118.   Provincial authorities have estimated the cyclone caused almost one billion dollars in damage.

119.   Provincial authorities late last month launched a crackdown on election-linked gambling in a bid keep punters and manipulators from swaying the vote.

120.   Residents of the flooded town Sainte-Agathe sharply criticized provincial authorities for not incorporating them in the territory spared by the nearby emergency dike.