51.   His lawyer, Dale Kinsella, opened the hearing by reading a letter from the former heavyweight champ addressed to commission chairman Dr. Elias Ghanem.

52.   Indonesian legislators opened a hearing Monday to impeach their president, defying an emergency decree he issued the day before in hopes of heading off the ouster.

53.   Lawyers for Haddad, several Detroit-area newspapers and Rep. John Conyers filed the lawsuit to have the hearings opened and the transcripts released.

54.   Lawyers for Haddad, several Detroit-area newspapers and Rep. John Conyers of Michigan sued to open any hearings and release the transcripts.

55.   New Jersey regulators opened hearings Monday aimed at determining whether a Trump Taj Mahal junket representative has ties to Asian mobsters.

56.   President Bush supports outlawing all human cloning research in the United States, the White House said Wednesday as a congressional panel opened hearings on the matter.

57.   Seeking evidence of a cover-up, an inquiry board opened hearings Monday into abuses, including a torture-slaying, committed by Canadian soldiers in Somalia.

58.   Rep. Charles Canady, chairman of the House panel on the Constitution, opened a hearing with a sharply worded attack on Clinton.

59.   Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, opened oversight hearings on the FBI earlier this year.

60.   Several newspapers have filed a motion to open the hearing to the public.