41.   Berlusconi, appointed caretaker premier by Scalfaro after his resignation last week, is together with his allies calling for immediate elections.

42.   But when caretaker premier Dini announced he did not intend to change the law for the current elections, the right-wing reacted angrily.

43.   Caretaker premier Malik Meraj Khalid said the recovery was possible as new electoral rules banned defaulters from standing in elections, the official Associated Press of Pakistan newsagency reported.

44.   But the head of state indicated Wednesday he would prefer to keep the current legislature in place under an alternative administration headed by a caretaker premier.

45.   Caretaker premier Malik Meraj Khalid said Friday his interim government would resign if Bhutto was restored.

46.   Whelehan resigned hours after Reynolds, who is now serving as caretaker premier.

47.   It included outgoing President Zhelyu Zhelev, caretaker premier Zhan Videnov and Orthodox Patriarch Maxim.

48.   President Farooq Ahmed Leghari sacked Bhutto for alleged corruption and misrule and installed an interim government under caretaker premier Malik Meraj Khalid.

49.   Scalfaro has asked Berlusconi to carry on as caretaker premier while he looks around for a replacement.