1.   In a closed meeting Tuesday, the party voted Selezynov and the two others out of the parliament faction.

2.   It was a speech with something in it for every parliament faction.

3.   Kiriyenko continued talks with parliament factions Wednesday, outlining his economic program to ultranationalists who promised to vote for him.

4.   Moshe Katzav, head of the opposition Likud parliament faction said Friday his party would not honor any deals Rabin made with Syrian President Hafez Assad.

5.   The Communists, who have a strong parliament faction, opposed the proposed new constitution, saying it runs counter to the interests of the Ukrainian people.

6.   The head of the centrist Our Home Is Russia parliament faction, Alexander Shokhin, was named deputy prime minister in charge of financial issues.

7.   Ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who heads the second-largest parliament faction, also said he expects Chernomyrdin to be approved.