61.   Worried by election violence and vote rigging, politicians and officials called for tighter security as campaigning closed Friday in the second round of Parliamentary elections.

62.   Highlands police commander Alfred Reu has confirmed that seven men were killed in election violence in the region last week.

63.   However, Khieu Kanharith said the Cambodian press corp and international human rights groups had been one sided in covering election violence, favouring FUNCINPEC and the SRP.

64.   A militiaman also died in the southwest district of Rajbari after being hurt in election violence on Wednesday, officials said.

65.   At least two people have been killed in election violence around the country.

66.   Earlier election violence in Karachi left one person dead, hospital and police sources in the southern port city said.

67.   Election violence across Pakistan left nine people dead and several others wounded or abducted by rival groups, police and officials said.

68.   Election violence has swept several Java towns in the past month, much of it connected to rivalry between the PPP and the ruling Golkar party of President Suharto.

69.   Three people were killed and several abducted or wounded as election violence flared in Pakistan on Monday, police and hospital sources said.

70.   Twenty six people have now been killed in election related violence in the past two weeks.