11.   At a press conference following his election, Lafontaine stood by comments he made yesterday, calling for a link between monetary and political integration.

12.   -- Prices of several Brazil funds have been falling in recent days following the election of Fernando Henrique Cardoso as president.

13.   After several days of following village elections in northeast China with an international observer team, two lessons stand out.

14.   But Karadzic, following her election last September, did not relinquish his hold on power.

15.   But once they were thawed, following an election, inflation roared back.

16.   Co-founded the Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD, following the election.

17.   Disgusted with the campaign-finance scandals that followed the election, Hiatt helped launch a push for publicly funded elections and funded that effort rather than political parties.

18.   Fear of what might follow the election cast a shadow over the vote on Sunday.

19.   Even pledges of future cooperation ought to be viewed skeptically as formalities following divisive elections, said Stephen Hess, a political expert at the Brookings Institution.

20.   Following the election, the French Prime Minister said he would resign.