61.   Aziz met Thursday with parliamentary leaders and with the head of Russian Orthodox Church, Alexy II.

62.   Attorney Lawrence Maharaj, an opposition parliamentary leader representing Panday, said he was ready to proceed, but prosecutors requested more time.

63.   Besides talks with Kwasniewski, Chirac will meet parliamentary leaders, address a joint session of the Senate and Sejm and meet with Prime Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz on Thursday.

64.   Bondevik of the Christian Democrats made the statement after visiting the parliamentary leaders of the all the parties that would not be part of his coalition.

65.   Boris Yeltsin and his prime minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin, met with parliamentary leaders to discuss Chechnya.

66.   But centrist parliamentary leader Alexander Shokhin said the discussion revolved around command-economy plans proposed by First Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Maslyukov for next year.

67.   Chernomyrdin began his new stint as premier by meeting with parliamentary leaders and asking them to set aside a package of economic austerity measures demanded by international lenders.

68.   Camdessus also is expected to meet with parliamentary leaders.

69.   Chernomyrdin is scheduled to hold talks with his Czech counterpart, Vaclav Klaus, parliamentary leaders and Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec as well as meet with Czech businessmen.

70.   Chernomyrdin was expected to consult with parliamentary leaders later in the day.