21.   Meanwhile, opposition leader Vuk Draskovic urged leaders of Montenegro, the small republic that shares the Yugoslav federation with Serbia, to boycott the federal parliament.

22.   Mitchell claimed that the Unity Labor Party had promised more British economic aid if voters voted against him, and he urged Caribbean leaders to reject such pressure.

23.   PRIME Minister Chuan Leekpai on Saturday urged opposition leader Chavalit Yongchaiyudh to keep politics in the South free from vote-buying.

24.   Pope John Paul II, who has repeatedly spoken out about the terrorist attacks on the United States, urged world leaders on Wednesday to pursue justice and peace.

25.   Rwandan Hutu exiles urged world leaders Thursday to pressure Zairian rebels and their allies to allow the United Nations to investigate alleged massacres of Hutu refugees in eastern Zaire.

26.   Rumsarwir also urged rebel leaders Kelly Kwalik and Daniel Yudas Kogoya and their followers to give up their struggle and surrender to the Indonesian military.

27.   Speakers urged Arab leaders, who are meeting next week in Beirut for their annual summit, to endorse financial and military assistance for the Palestinians.

28.   The Islamic militant group Hamas urged Arab leaders convening in Cairo Saturday to stop peacemaking with Israel and to cancel all agreements reached with the Jewish State.

29.   U.S. President George W. Bush sent aides to Los Angeles in October to urge entertainment leaders to find ways to encourage volunteerism and offer support for soldiers.

30.   U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on Friday urged African leaders - especially those at war in Congo - to renounce violence and accept compromise to achieve peace.