1.   Karpov also has criticized the tactics of his election rivals.

2.   Karpov has also criticized the tactics of his election rivals.

3.   Police used water cannons Thursday to disperse hundreds of supporters of a northern provincial governor accused of killing his election rival.

4.   President Jacques Chirac on Tuesday said he would refuse to hold a televised debate against extreme-right election rival Jean-Marie Le Pen out of principle.

5.   The Rev. Jesse Jackson, an ally of Bush election rival Al Gore, wanted to go to China and mediate the impasse.

6.   The Rev. Jesse Jackson, an ally of Bush election rival Al Gore, wants to go to China and mediate the impasse.

7.   Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating said Thursday Asian leaders such as Indonesian President Suharto would not take seriously a government led by his election rival, John Howard.

8.   But Ratsiraka, who has ruled Madagascar for most of the past three decades, has refused to accept defeat at the hands of his election rival.

9.   The Socialist Party is considered principal election rival of the Serb Democratic Party, the party of Plavsic and Radovan Karadzic.

10.   The two election rivals agree to set up a working group to resolve the political crisis.