1.   Bhaduria, who was forced out of the Liberal parliamentary caucus three years ago over a false campaign biography, accepted the verdict stoically.

2.   Chretien announced his plan at a news conference after briefing his Liberal Party parliamentary caucus on the details.

3.   He is struggling to govern on a slender majority -- which technically he wiped out last week by suspending nine rebels from the Conservative parliamentary caucus.

4.   He suspended eight rebels from the parliamentary caucus and a ninth resigned.

5.   He won that vote but also technically wiped out his slender majority in the Commons by suspending from the Conservative parliamentary caucus nine dissidents who defied him then.

6.   Last week Major suspended Wilkinson and seven other rank-and-file legislators from the parliamentary caucus for a mutiny on a European vote.

7.   Many backbenchers, as they left a parliamentary caucus meeting with Chretien on Wednesday, spoke openly of renting campaign headquarters and lining up their teams of local organizers.

8.   They are the second largest parliamentary caucus now.

9.   In a separate statement, the IFP parliamentary caucus accused Mandela of preparing to launch a military crackdown on democratic opposition in South Africa.

10.   Speaking to reporters after an ANC parliamentary caucus meeting here, ANC information and publicity secretary Jackson Mthembu warned, however, that Mandela could not produce miracles.