21.   Meanwhile, Zoran Lilic, president of Yugoslavia, offered a political dialogue to all parties, something the opposition has long demanded of Milosevic.

22.   On Monday, the Gulf ministers reiterated their opposition to EU demands that the Gulf countries first unify their customs tariffs.

23.   Opposition demands explanation for firing.

24.   Prodi stopped short of resigning, as the conservative opposition has demanded.

25.   She along with other opposition parties were demanding a reduction in the prices of fuel and fertilizers and better rates for agricultural produce.

26.   The Communist-led opposition demands that Yeltsin resign if he cannot handle the job himself.

27.   The government said the dispute arose when the opposition demanded that its leader, Said Abdullo Nuri, be accompanied by armed rebel fighters when he arrived in Dushanbe.

28.   The main opposition Democratic Progressive Party demanded that Provincial Governor James Soong and Huang Shih-cheng, a Cabinet official in charge of safety, be held accountable.

29.   The Gulf ministers reiterated their opposition to EU demands that the Gulf countries first unify their customs tariffs.

30.   The opposition demanded dropping a proposal to expand the value added tax to services such as medical and legal professions and some commodities.