61.   El Pais reported that Matutes sought backing for the arbitration proposal from opposition Socialist party leader Joaquin Almunia in a meeting last Friday.

62.   Embattled Socialist leaders tried Thursday to cheer several thousand supporters at the start of an uphill election campaign their party faces after it fell from power last month.

63.   Fearing an attempt to free Fatos Nano, the Socialist leader jailed on corruption charges, the government moved him to a jail near Tirana, his wife said.

64.   Flosse commented after a one-hour meeting with the Socialist leader, though there was no immediate comment from the government.

65.   Former Greek governments led by the late Socialist leader Andreas Papandreou were accused by the West of taking a soft stance on Arab-led terrorism.

66.   From the seat of his rusting tractor, Jean Corrocher lends a thick southern French accent to his musings on his local candidate, Socialist leader Lionel Jospin.

67.   Former education minister, upset Socialist leader Henri Emmanuelli to win nomination in February.

68.   He is the son of former President Jacobo Arbenz, a democratically elected socialist leader whose fall from power threw Guatemala into decades of political upheaval.

69.   He swore in the new Cabinet, led by Socialist party leader Fatos Nano, on Friday.

70.   He swore in the new cabinet headed by Socialist party leader Fatos Nano on Friday.