41.   A court asked opposition lawmakers Wednesday to explain why their resignation from Parliament should not be declared illegal.

42.   A court has ordered the government to explain why the detentions should not be declared illegal.

43.   A party violating it would be declared illegal.

44.   All political parties, including his Umma grouping, were declared illegal after the coup.

45.   Also Thursday, two High Court judges asked three opposition parties to explain why their strike scheduled to begin Saturday should not be declared illegal.

46.   Amnesty International on Tuesday urged the Israeli Supreme Court to declare illegal the use of torture and ill-treatment during interrogation of Palestinian prisoners.

47.   Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating said Tuesday his nation would ask the International Court of Justice to declare nuclear weapons illegal.

48.   Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating said Tuesday that his nation would ask the International Court of Justice to declare nuclear weapons illegal.

49.   Bosnian Serbs reportedly have signed a trade pact with neighboring Yugoslavia, part of a broader agreement that international officials have declared illegal.

50.   Britain is scheduled to try another tactic Wednesday when Attorney General Sir Nicolas Lyell goes to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg to have the ban declared illegal.