11.   In central Algiers, metal blinds were drawn over most shops but traffic was heavy as voters streamed into polling centers from early Thursday morning through the evening.

12.   In the Belcourt neighborhood known as another stronghold of Islamic extremists, an army checkpoint kept traffic away from a high school used as polling center.

13.   It was not immediately clear whether any polling centers did not open because of violence.

14.   Just as in Soviet times, Russian folk tunes blared from the nearby administration building where the local polling center was set up.

15.   Khalil Kukali, president of the polling center, said the shift indicated more Palestinians feel they are economically dependent on Israel for their livelihoods.

16.   Long and orderly lines of voters formed outside polling centers in the territorial capital, Dili, early Monday.

17.   Mejdani said that pre-election irregularities included the setting up of dozens of polling centers in the homes of Democratic Party members or government officials.

18.   Nine other policemen were injured when rebels fired a rocket at a polling center in Pulwama an hour before it opened.

19.   On voting day, soldiers will help police keep order at the polling centers, he said.

20.   Outside of the capital, voting began Saturday and will last up to two weeks to allow people in remote villages to get to polling centers.