11.   The other ministers who resigned were V.C. Shukla, the parliamentary affairs minister, and Bal Ram Jakhar, the agriculture minister.

12.   When the religious affairs minister ordered a halt, he was attacked as trying to override the Quranic verses that condone prayers against those who have wronged Muslims.

13.   Parliament on Monday accepted the resignation of a scandal-tainted ruling party legislator as leader of its upper house and replaced him with a former home affairs minister.

14.   Papandreou was the European affairs minister and deputy foreign minister.

15.   Pramod Mahajan, parliamentary affairs minister, told Press Trust of India that other reports indicated five attackers and six police officers had been killed.

16.   Pramod Mahajan, parliamentary affairs minister, told the Press Trust of India news agency that other reports indicated five attackers and six police officers had been killed.

17.   A former urban affairs minister and current member of the French and European parliaments, he eyes the mayorship.

18.   A former social affairs minister was placed under formal investigation on Thursday in connection with a probe into the management of an insurance company for civil servants.

19.   Accusing Greenpeace activists of invading his privacy, the Dutch economic affairs minister reacted angrily to a protest outside his home early Tuesday.

20.   After the election, Buthelezi was drawn into a unity government as home affairs minister.