71.   Chinese parliamentary leader and former prime minister Li Peng on Saturday blamed the West for an economic crisis that has ravaged East Asian economies.

72.   Defense attorney Lawrence Maharaj, an opposition parliamentary leader, said he was ready to proceed, but prosecutors requested more time.

73.   Demonstrators gathered at the office of the Golkar party in the town of Boyalali in central Java and burned an effigy of its parliamentary leader.

74.   Former Christian parliamentary leader Elco Brinkman said that prime minister Kok rose above party politics and ideologies to stitch together a stable consensus.

75.   Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democrat parliamentary leader, urged Merkel and Stoiber to agree within two weeks.

76.   Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democrat parliamentary leader, has urged Merkel and Stoiber to agree within two weeks.

77.   Gil-Robles met with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and parliamentary leaders.

78.   Haekkerup did not allow the former rebel leader to take the floor before voting for the presidency of the assembly, a panel of parliamentary leaders, as planned.

79.   He made the remarks in a television address following a meeting with Russian parliamentary leaders following the devastating attacks in the United States.

80.   He is to confer with other parliamentary leaders on Thursday, and Friday he will meet Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin and Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev.