41.   After meeting the coalition leaders, Kwasniewski received former Foreign Minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, the prime minister candidate of the main opposition Freedom Union.

42.   After years of simmering tensions between the coalition leaders, Hun Sen ousted Ranariddh as his co-premier in two days of fighting last year and chased him into exile.

43.   Also attending the meetings were Alvarez and former President Raul Alfonsin, both coalition leaders.

44.   Aides say Bush hopes to build coalitions one national leader at a time, while projecting a sense of humility and respect to nations wary of the superpower.

45.   All three coalition leaders were scheduled to meet with Havel early Thursday.

46.   As parliament convened, coalition leaders still struggled to finalize details of a new coalition pact and the composition of the new government headed by Premier Vaclav Klaus.

47.   Berlusconi said he and the other coalition leaders would sit down this week to evaluate the health of the alliance.

48.   Benitez said coalition leaders have tried to contact Taco Bell executives but have been rebuffed.

49.   But first Italian head of state, President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, must consult with coalition leaders as well as heads of independent parties.

50.   But the three coalition leaders split over the boycott.