21.   Iraq seems to believe the election this month of a relative liberal as Iranian president could make possible better ties.

22.   President Robert Mugabe won elections this month that were condemned as tainted by the opposition and many independent observers.

23.   Seventy people have qualified to run in an election this month for seats in a new, larger legislature, the Elections Board announced Friday.

24.   The Ingush prosecutor-general, Issa Kostoyev, lost to Aushev in the presidential elections this month.

25.   The Ingush prosecutor, Issa Kostoyev, lost to Aushev in the presidential elections this month.

26.   The Republican landslide in elections this month put Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress.

27.   The Shiv Sena Party and another Hindu nationalist group won control of the state in a legislative election this month.

28.   Yasser Arafat said Monday he will continue working for Palestinian statehood regardless of who wins the Israeli national elections this month.

29.   Immigration is a politically sensitive issue in France, where the far right and anti-immigrant National Front won three mayoral posts in local elections this month.

30.   A peace agreement was signed between the two sides in August last year and the republic is due to hold presidential and legislative elections this month.