21.   Lloyd, addressing a parliamentary group, said the court was an important advance in international justice, human rights and preventing future conflicts.

22.   Meanwhile, the former East German communists, the smallest parliamentary group, voted solidly against sending German troops.

23.   Okuno, another of the Japanese politicians burned in effigy, heads a conservative parliamentary group that opposes any resolution in which Japan would apologize.

24.   Newspapers reported that party president Sitaram Kesri is almost certain to emerge as the leader of the parliamentary group.

25.   She said the UDF would start talks with other parliamentary groups next week to seek consensus on key policy issues.

26.   Socialist officials said they hoped the Parliamentary group could elect a new premier by late Thursday.

27.   The bill seems unlikely to get through parliament because of opposition among several parliamentary groups, including the Catalan regional Convergence and Union coalition.

28.   The ex-communist Democratic Left Alliance was only the major parliamentary group to argue against the tribunal ruling during debate Wednesday.

29.   The forum was part of a meeting of a Latin America-wide parliamentary group.

30.   The draft treaty presented Tuesday by a parliamentary working group calls for increased consultations between the branches of government and could eventually include constitutional amendments.