11.   People also voted for both houses of the federal parliament.

12.   Radio Free Europe occupies the glass-walled building of the former Czechoslovak federal parliament.

13.   The bill is encountering opposition in the federal parliament from former allies of Milosevic whose support is crucial to its passage.

14.   The Serb Democratic Party is also leading in the parliament of the Serb Republic and for the Serbian seats in the federal parliament.

15.   Those parties won a majority of seats in the federal parliament.

16.   Opposition leader Vuk Draskovic called on leaders of Montenegro, the small republic that shares the Yugoslav federation with dominant Serbia, to boycott the federal parliament.

17.   Opposition leaders announced a boycott of the first session Tuesday of a new federal parliament.

18.   Police blocked the downtown federal parliament building during the session, anticipating more rallies by Milosevic supporters who have been protesting his extradition to The Hague-based tribunal.

19.   Party official Dragan Kopcalic told reporters Wednesday that the petition will be subsequently submitted to the federal parliament.

20.   Pro-democracy Serb officials lack a majority in the federal parliament but have enough votes in the federal Cabinet to pass the decree on their own.