31.   Presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky blamed the blast on secret service agents looking for an excuse to cancel the elections.

32.   Abacha seized power five years ago after canceling presidential elections and jailing the presumed winner Moshood Abiola.

33.   An aide said he may now cancel elections altogether.

34.   And there were unconfirmed reports of clashes between rival party members in a village in the oil-rich Delta state where elections were cancelled.

35.   Authorities have said that if a candidate is killed, they will cancel the election Saturday.

36.   Authorities have said that if any of the four candidates is killed, they will cancel the election.

37.   Boris Yeltsin fires three of the most powerful members of his administration amid charges they want to cancel presidential elections and use force to retain their positions and power.

38.   But his erratic behavior fuels daily speculation about his health, his state of mind, and the possibility he may invoke emergency measures to postpone or cancel elections.

39.   But in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, ballot boxes were burned, elections were canceled at most polling places and one woman was reported injured.

40.   Controversy centers on a new article of the constitution which appears to give the president power to cancel national elections or delay the announcement of election results.