41.   Arafat has come under increasing international and internal pressure to reform his Palestinian Authority and to hold leadership elections.

42.   Candidates require over half the votes to win the party leadership election, scheduled for Sunday afternoon.

43.   Earlier Sunday, Nonaka tried to placate the munitous lawmakers by offering early party leadership elections that could dump Mori, if they agreed not to back the motion.

44.   During those three years there have been repeated threats of a leadership election.

45.   Hard-liner Iain Duncan Smith is set to win the Conservative Party leadership election by a margin of three to one, according to a new poll.

46.   His announcement came just a day after Prime Minister John Major suprised his party by resigning as leader in order to force an early leadership election.

47.   His reported decision came a day after Major surprised the party by resigning as leader to force an early leadership election.

48.   Hurd said he would remain foreign secretary until the next Cabinet reshuffle, expected after the leadership election.

49.   In London, the Conservative Party announces winner of its leadership election.

50.   International observers based in Chechnya insisted Wednesday that the breakaway republic is not ready for leadership elections scheduled by Kremlin leaders for later this month.