1.   Most Estonian nationalist deputies voted against the special powers, arguing that they were counterproductive.

2.   His Catholic nationalist deputy, Seamus Mallon, said significant progress had been achieved.

3.   In the agreement, Karadzic said he had handed over power as president of the self-styled Bosnian Serb republic to Biljana Plavsic, his equally nationalist deputy.

4.   The Agrarian Party and nationalist deputies routinely voted with the Communists in the two years of the current Duma.

5.   Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic responded to international pressure to step aside by handing his powers to an equally nationalist deputy.

6.   His speech came a day after an announcement that he had handed over his presidential duties to a hard-line nationalist deputy, Biljana Plavsic.

7.   In contrast, Nationalist deputy Nesrin Unal removed her head scarf when she entered parliament.

8.   Karadzic wrote to international mediators in Sarajevo on Sunday that he was stepping down as Bosnian Serb president and handing powers to a hard-line nationalist deputy.

9.   Nationalist deputies protested on Tuesday, claiming the law would lead to a complete divestment of presidential authority.

10.   Radovan Karadzic bowed to international pressure Sunday and formally stepped aside as Bosnian Serb leader, turning his powers over to a hard-line nationalist deputy, international officials said.