1.   Melnichenko said he then passed a cassette to Moroz, a former parliament speaker who leads the Socialist Party.

2.   Radio Free Europe occupies the glass-walled building of the former Czechoslovak federal parliament.

3.   The murder comes as all-party peace talks are set to resume Monday at Stormont, the former Northern Irish parliament building on the outskirts of Belfast.

4.   Others who have said they will run for president include former prime minister Yevhen Marchuk and former parliament speaker Oleksandr Moroz.

5.   Polls suggest Bagabandi has a solid lead over his leading challenger, former parliament speaker Radnaasumbereliin Gonchigdorj of the Democratic Party.

6.   A lawyer and former conservative parliament member, Mrs. Angelopoulos-Daskalaki has avoided commenting on her intentions.

7.   After Yeltsin disbanded the former parliament, Iakoubovski returned to Moscow, saying he looked forward to helping his homeland rebuild itself after the power struggle.

8.   Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, a lawyer and former conservative parliament member, did not respond to messages seeking comment.

9.   At the time of his death, he chaired the former federal parliament.

10.   Authorities on Thursday accused former parliament speaker Rasul Guliyev of plotting assassinations and terrorist attacks and of stealing from oil refineries to finance his plans.