11.   Conyers asked fellow lawmakers.

12.   Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic said a proposal asking lawmakers to overturn a controversial law allowing refugees to settle in Serb homes has been sent to parliament.

13.   Embattled President Robert Mugabe asked lawmakers convening for a new session of Parliament on Tuesday to tigheten curbs on demonstrations and media freedom.

14.   Ijape asked lawmakers.

15.   Jospin asked lawmakers.

16.   Privately, the administration team asked lawmakers for a vote of confidence.

17.   President Georgeb W. Bush submitted to the Senate on Thursday the nuclear arms treaty he signed with Russia last month and asked lawmakers for prompt ratification.

18.   The signature campaign, according to Sarmiento, involves a petition asking lawmakers to fast-track deliberations on the legislated wage hike issue.

19.   Yeltsin has sent a letter to each Duma member, asking the lawmakers to back Kiriyenko, he said, according to the Interfax news agency.

20.   Napster chief executive Konrad Hilbers has vowed to ask US lawmakers to force these music companies to allow non-company sites to distribute their songs.