1.   This second founding congress, however, was Marred by an immediate schism.

2.   Much of the early proceedings seemed to confirm the recent resurgence of the conservative wing, as witnessed at the June founding congress of the Russian Federation Communist Party.

3.   Also Sunday, a new political party led by former Chechen President Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, held a founding congress in Grozny, according to Interfax and ITAR-Tass.

4.   Estrada formerly represented the Party of the Filipino Masses, the smallest of the three opposition parties that formalized their merger Thursday in a founding congress.

5.   He presided Saturday over the founding congress of a new political movement, Fatherland.

6.   In Moscow this weekend, Chechen delegates attended the founding congress of a new party, the Muslim Union of Russia, which intends to field candidates in December.

7.   The founding congress of the Adolat Party was organized Monday by Anvar Zhurabayev, editor of two state-owned newspapers.

8.   The Justice and Development Party unanimously chose former Istanbul mayor Erdogan, the only candidate, as leader at its founding congress in Ankara.

9.   The announcement is set to take place at the founding congress of a new political party led by Lebed.