101.   Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee pledged Monday to defend secularism as the Indian parliament began debating a no-confidence motion which threatens to topple his Hindu nationalist government.

102.   Renegade militants backed several candidates in the May elections for members of the Indian parliament, which were boycotted by the Conference and other Moslem outfits.

103.   Restricting the number of terms lawmakers may serve is fairly common, but the Indian parliament is considering limiting the number of children future legislators may have.

104.   Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on Friday condemned the bloody attack on the Indian parliament complex in New Delhi and offered condolences to the families of the victims.

105.   South African President Nelson Mandela told the Indian parliament here Thursday that the death of apartheid had opened up exciting opportunities for trade between the two countries.

106.   Tenet, in a review of threat conditions worldwide, expressed concern about the instability created by a terrorist attack in December on the Indian parliament.

107.   Tensions between the two countries have been high since an attack on the Indian parliament in December, which New Delhi blames on Pakistan-based militants.

108.   Terrorist groups based in Pakistan were behind the suicide attack on the Indian parliament, Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh said Friday.

109.   Tensions have flared dangerously since a December attack on the Indian parliament by allegedly Pakistan-based Islamic militants.

110.   The attack came little more than a month after an assault on the Indian parliament, which New Delhi blamed on Pakistan-based militants.