61.   In the run-off next month, the signs are that the opposition candidate, Marc Ravalomanana, will win.

62.   Indeed, there have been increasing calls by opposition candidates and some Peruvian newspapers for the military to stay neutral.

63.   International monitors have accused the government of waging a dirty-tricks campaign against opposition candidates and blocking their access to the media, charges that Fujimori has denied.

64.   It further isolated the ruling party of President Slobodan Milosevic, who is under attack for nullifying local election victories by opposition party candidates.

65.   It has also adopted a campaign of intimidation, sending thugs to beat up opposition candidates and tear down their posters.

66.   It lost many seats there in elections last summer, when the electorate turned out in record numbers to vote for opposition party candidates.

67.   Last summer, Mexicans set their nation on new course by electing Vicente Fox, an opposition candidate, as president.

68.   Last year, human-rights monitors criticized a presidential election in Kazakhstan because the only credible opposition candidate was barred from running.

69.   Last year, opposition party candidates from the PRD and PAN won a record number of seats in both chambers of Congress.

70.   Like most young urban Mexicans, they intend to vote for Vicente Fox, the first opposition candidate with a shot at victory.