1.   The Irish Prime Minister, Charles Haughey, is to resign as leader of the Fianna Fail party next week allowing a new leader to be nominated as Premier.

2.   Before that, voters had chosen a political party, which nominated its leader and clumsily constructed political platforms.

3.   Fatherland-All Russia had nominated its leader, former prime minister Yevgeny Primakov.

4.   Traditionally, also, the Democrats and Republicans do not nominate congressional leaders for the presidency.

5.   Each group was expected to nominate three leaders for the talks that will begin later in the day Wednesday.

6.   Election officials said four small opposition parties nominated their leaders by late Sunday.

7.   Former Education Minister Lionel Jospin looked set to be the Socialist candidate in spring presidential elections despite pressure from within the party to nominate its leader.

8.   The Communist Party nominated its leader, Gennady Zyuganov, for president Thursday.

9.   The leader will be nominated as prime minister to the president, who officially makes the appointment.

10.   A French ecological group on Sunday nominated its leader as an official candidate for presidential elections next year, officials said.