11.   Obuchi would replace Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who resigned after a crushing defeat for the party in Upper House parliamentary elections this month.

12.   Parties are bidding to form the local government after elections this month did not produce a majority.

13.   Strangely, there is a dreamy, subdued feel to the political ads of the main candidates contesting the Russian presidential election this month.

14.   The PRI lost that election this month to the National Action Party.

15.   When Piedmont, just east of Oakland, held a special election this month, voters found computerized touch-screens at the polling places.

16.   An International Monetary Fund official on Friday urged Ukraine to step up its sluggish reform efforts after the presidential elections this month, a news report said.

17.   Crnic is set to retire in December and Vukovic could fill his seat in time for parliamentary elections that month.

18.   Hopes for a settlement were buoyed by the election this month of a new civilian government to replace the military regime.

19.   In elections this month, Romanians put both parliament and presidency in the hands of the opposition.

20.   In Iran, Iraq seems to believe the election this month of a relative liberal as president could make possible better ties.