41.   Leftist politicians and civil servants on Tuesday lashed out at a government austerity plan they say penalizes workers and the middle class instead of the rich.

42.   Leftist politicians have also differed over the question of illegal immigrants, with members of the Greens Party calling on Jospin to legalize all of them.

43.   Leftist politicians in Italy are sympathetic to the PKK and the leader of the Italian Communists, Armando Cossutta on Saturday called on Italy to grant Ocalan asylum.

44.   Leftist politicians retort that critics of the exhibit are trying to gloss over history.

45.   Many government officials and even leftist politicians have dismissed the group as mere delinquents.

46.   On Tuesday, appeals courts came down hard on both conservative politician Alain Carignon and leftist politician Bernard Tapie for their corruption convictions.

47.   PARIS -- French Socialists express disbelief and conservatives are guardedly upbeat after popular leftist politician Jacques Delors says he will not run for president next year.

48.   Priebke also will stir memories of the anti-Fascist partisan groups, whose struggle is often recounted by leftist politicians in present-day fights against far-right groups.

49.   Red flags were everywhere, people were perched in trees to hear speeches by leftist politicians.

50.   Prosecutors say Castano was behind a number of hit-squad slayings of human rights workers and leftist politicians, and he has openly admitted to ordering massacres.