81.   Provincial elections take place in New Caledonia next week, in which the neo-Gaullists are defending a majority in the local congressional assembly.

82.   Results of the provincial elections for the state legislatures of Punjab, Manipur and Uttaranchal were also expected Sunday evening.

83.   Shah and other Moslem rebels have vowed to sabotage the first provincial elections in nine years in the New Delhi-administered province.

84.   The Chief Minister in this southern region Amarasiri Dodangoda says many UNP supporters expect a PA victory because of its success at provincial council elections four months ago.

85.   The future of provincial elections in violence-wracked KwaZulu-Natal hung in the balance Friday as President Nelson Mandela pondered postponing the poll despite strong opposition from Zulu leaders.

86.   The Indian parliament was adjourned Thursday amid pandemonium, after angry opposition MPs attacked the further staggering of crucial provincial elections in the eastern state of Bihar.