41.   Parliament must now ratify the vote, but the eight main political parties have promised to respect the result.

42.   Secretary of State Colin Powell said earlier the United States hoped the Palestinian people would not re-elect Arafat but would respect the results of a free and fair poll.

43.   Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States hoped that the Palestinian people would not re-elect him but would respect the results of a free and fair poll.

44.   Sweden on Sunday became the latest country to urge Milosevic to respect the results.

45.   The Croatian government pledged Friday that it would respect the results of a June city council vote in Mostar which Croatian separatists had boycotted, the White House said.