1.   With important municipal elections due in October, they were unwilling to be associated with his highly unpopular economic austerity policies.

2.   Nevertheless, many investors are punting on the election of Labour leader Tony Blair at the U.K. elections due to be held by next May.

3.   With a presidential election due in December, the new Cabinet will have little time to push new policies.

4.   Analysts say that with nationwide elections due in July, the LDP can ill afford such a buffer zone if it wants to avoid a humiliation at the polls.

5.   But the Bosnian peace accord hands a key role to OSCE, which should oversee the nationwide elections due by September.

6.   But the Dayton accord hands the organization a key role in mending Bosnia, including supervising elections due by September.

7.   Dayton forbids indicted war criminals to hold office or seek it in the Bosnia-wide elections due by mid-September.

8.   DAP secretary-general Lim Kit Siang had recently said the opposition parties would fare well in the coming election due to issues, including the economic problems in the country.

9.   Dayton forbids indicted war criminals to hold office or participate in nationwide elections due by mid-September.