31.   But the polls went off without incident.

32.   But the parliament moved swiftly Wednesday to dispel concern saying the polls would go ahead as planned.

33.   Despite the move, the poll went ahead in Kirklareli refugee camp in Turkey.

34.   The poll went off with few incidents, but in Salem village near Nablus a Palestinian policeman shot and killed an election worker counting votes late Saturday.

35.   The United States turned up the pressure Thursday over controversial plans for September elections in Bosnia and reiterated the poll must go forward even if conditions are not ripe.

36.   Yeltsin himself has insisted that the polls will go ahead as planned.

37.   Its latest ultimatum is that Zia calls off the elections by Tuesday or takes responsibility for subsequent violence if the polls go ahead.

38.   President Liamine Zeroual pledged in January that the polls would go ahead in complete security.

39.   Rahman thanked all political parties for their cooperation, hoping that the polls would go ahead peacefully.

40.   The agreement provided for the postponement of local elections until after the departure of Russian troops, but the polls went ahead last weekend.