71.   Balloting began Tuesday in the eastern Indian state of Orissa in the seventh phase of provincial elections considered crucial for Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, officials said.

72.   Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien said Tuesday he was encouraged by the result of the Quebec provincial election and vowed that Canada would stay intact.

73.   The separatist Parti Quebecois and the ruling Liberal Party Monday fired the opening salvos in the Quebec provincial election which could decide the future shape of Canada.

74.   The Tamil Maanila Congress allied itself with the powerful DMK party in Tamil Nadu to sweep provincial elections held in April.

75.   Two Sundays ago, Italy held a first round of provincial elections and partial town elections, and a single round of regional elections.

76.   Jeon Yun-Churl, chief of the presidential staff, replaced Jin Nyum who quit Saturday to run in provincial elections.

77.   Rao and Ram declined to comment on the potentially explosive issue of the possibility of the BJP joining with the BSP in the provincial elections in Uttar Pradesh.

78.   Polling for the final phase of provincial elections in two Indian states began Thursday amid tight security with three people killed in a bomb explosion, officials said.

79.   Reporting on poll-related issues in the runup to make-or-break provincial elections in four politically-crucial Indian states.

80.   Provincial elections are being held in the federally-administered province for the first time in nearly a decade.