31.   The country remains deeply divided over the issue and if Murayama fails to get parliament to agree the wording of the apology, he may be forced to resign.

32.   The crisis eased slightly when the Belarusian parliament agreed Friday to drop impeachment proceedings against President Alexander Lukashenko.

33.   The parliament agreed to hold an emergency session on Saturday.

34.   The parliament also agreed to a government-proposed compromise over spending cuts for the Kremlin and parliament.

35.   The plan has never been put into practice, Schwarz-Schilling said, because the Muslim-Croat parliament cannot even agree to examine it.

36.   The Serbian parliament agreed Tuesday to a new transition government to administer the main Yugoslav republic until new elections in December.

37.   They say they will continue until parliament agrees to listen to their concerns about the bill.

38.   Under the accord, the referendum was to be non-binding if parliament agreed to stop trying to impeach the president.

39.   Under immense pressure, parliament agreed to discuss the issue.

40.   German industrialists have pressed Kohl to widen the scope of his cuts, however, after parliament agreed the tough package this week.