31.   The protest is just one of many in the country plagued by wage debts to state workers, millions of whom go without pay for months.

32.   The two neighbors spend billions of dollars on defense every year even as millions of people go hungry.

33.   As millions of Italians went to the polls Sunday in partial local elections, residents of this terrorised town welcomed back a long-forgotten taste of democracy.

34.   Millions of Iraqis went to the polls on Sunday in an unprecedented referendum to endorse Saddam Hussein for another seven years as president.

35.   Millions of Russians went to the polls Sunday in parliamentary elections tipped to bring major gains for the resurgent Communist Party and nationalist groups.

36.   Millions of Iraqis went to the polls on Sunday in an unprecedented referendum to give President Saddam Hussein another seven years in power.

37.   One million ethnic Hutus have sought refuge in camps in Zaire, while another million have gone to Tanzania and Burundi.