51.   The charge comes on the eve of the presidential runoff between President Boris Yeltsin and Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov.

52.   The death has provoked outrage across the political spectrum as France readies for its presidential runoff election Sunday.

53.   The event, thrown by the liberal and unabashedly pro-Yeltsin newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets, came just three days before the presidential runoff.

54.   The leader of the Socialist Party of former communists appeared to be ahead in a presidential runoff election Sunday, according to initial exit-poll results.

55.   The prime minister of Japan congratulated Boris Yeltsin on Monday upon his victory in presidential runoff last week.

56.   The presidential runoff also will decide whether Romania still has a chance to work toward integration into mainstream Europe.

57.   The protesters had been called by opposition candidate Alejandro Toledo, who boycotted the May presidential runoff and accused Fujimori of planning to rig the results.

58.   The U.S. Federal Open Market Committee is slated to meet later Tuesday and the Russian presidential runoff election is scheduled for Wednesday.

59.   The U.S. Federal Open Market Committee is slated to meet Tuesday and Wednesday while the Russian presidential runoff election is scheduled for Wednesday.

60.   The U.S. Federal Open Market Committee was to meet later Tuesday and the Russian presidential runoff election is scheduled for Wednesday.