31.   Palestinian leaders are demanding immediate negotiations toward statehood, arguing that the chief obstacle is not Palestinian violence but Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

32.   Pakistani leaders demanded Tuesday that the United States and other world powers act decisively to isolate India after its five nuclear tests this week.

33.   Republican leaders on Tuesday demanded that President Clinton stop playing politics and negotiate seriously on the budget.

34.   Secretary of State Colin Powell reportedly called Musharraf twice on Thursday to press for such steps, which Indian leaders have been demanding under threat of war.

35.   Samper remains defiant, even though business, religious and political opposition leaders have demanded his resignation.

36.   Smith rejects this compromise, and to placate him, Republican leaders are demanding more damaging concessions.

37.   Some African leaders are also demanding debt relief and foreign aid without conditions, an idea that most European countries reject.

38.   Students and housewives protested against him in the streets, and business and church leaders demanded that he resign.

39.   Tamil leaders eventually demanded a separate state, but they were denied.

40.   The Congressional Budget Office became part of the budget process after Republican leaders demanded that the administration have the agency keep tabs on the budget.