51.   The government said Monday it will allow political parties to choose candidates at the next national election from all-women shortlists.

52.   The party also will choose four delegates and four alternates to the Republican National Convention, to be held in San Diego in August, Hodge said.

53.   The party chooses its leaders, and as senior Republican on the committee, Helms is unlikely to have rivals for the chairmanship.

54.   The party chose Rodriguez Saa as its candidate but with the Congress vote delayed, the new leader looked unlikely to be chosen before Sunday.

55.   The party has chosen chairman Martin Lee Chu-ming and vice-chairman Yeung Sum to head its list of candidates in the Hong Kong Island election.

56.   The party will choose a new chairman in April.

57.   The party will choose a nominee at a national convention next August.

58.   The president was expected to give the newly elected premier a mandate Friday to lead Greece after the ruling Socialist party chose him to succeed the ailing Andreas Papandreou.

59.   They split because the party had chosen Winston Arnaud to preside over the chamber instead of the incumbent leader, Rafael Peguero Mendez.

60.   They split because the party had chosen Winston Arnaud to preside over the chamber instead of the incumbent, Rafael Peguero Mendez.