11.   Just Friday, before the shootings here became known, the German parliament voted to tighten gun-control rules even further.

12.   Last month, the Latvian parliament voted to sharply curtail Russian citizenship, a move that Clinton hoped to reverse through a series of carrots and sticks.

13.   Kohl retains his seat in the lower house of parliament, which shields him from criminal prosecution unless parliament votes to lift his immunity.

14.   Once nominated, the parliament would vote almost immediately to ratify him.

15.   Parliament is voting today whether to investigate Ciller on accusations that she fixed tenders for a power plant, and will vote on other corruption allegations in May.

16.   Parliament voted last month to begin impeachment proceedings against Wahid.

17.   Parliament voted Wahid out of office last week, and Indonesia has managed to survive.

18.   Parliament voted Wednesday to begin impeachment proceedings against President Abdurrahman Wahid, raising the prospect of another turbulent change of power in this restive Asian archipelago.

19.   Parliament voted overwhelmingly Friday for a proposal that could one day ban the traditional British sport of fox hunting.

20.   Parliament even voted to cancel an election scheduled for November after Mr. Assad signaled that he wanted President Elias Hrawi to remain in power.