41.   True, even those governors who are still CPRF members often act in ways incompatible with Party membership.

42.   Perhaps it is time that the law should provide that political party membership is restricted only to citizens who are registered as voters.

43.   Photo cards and political party membership cards identified them as Islamic militants from neighboring Pakistan or Kashmir who joined the fight to defend the Taliban regime.

44.   Party membership is down and fund-raisers say their job has become difficult.

45.   A political dissident from that time, Karpinsky later was stripped of his party membership.

46.   Accounts from human rights groups say dozens of communist officials have been stripped of their party membership while several local governments have been disbanded.

47.   An army cook and a traffic department worker also were justified in not revealing their party membership, which was grounds for their dismissal, the court said.

48.   But to many Chinese, party membership is simply the road to getting rich.

49.   Communist Party members held a meeting during the unveiling ceremony and handed out party membership cards, ITAR-Tass said.

50.   Far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen on Friday further punished his longtime lieutenant and heir apparent for defying him, suspending his party membership.