31.   Kabila has made it a practice to stage victory rallies in the cities the rebels have captured in their seven-month drive from eastern Zaire to unseat Mobutu.

32.   Security by troops from the rebel Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire was the tightest yet at a Kabila victory rally.

33.   The victory rally was a vivid symbol of the new era.

34.   They planned a victory rally later Friday.

35.   Underscoring the transition to a new generation of ANC leadership, Mandela did not attend the victory rally.

36.   When George W. Bush clinched the Republican presidential nomination, he was introduced at his victory rally by the Democratic mayor of El Paso, Texas, a Hispanic.

37.   A confident SWAPO has already organised a victory rally in the nearby township of Katatura for Friday evening.

38.   The authorities also banned victory rallies after results are announced Saturday.