1.   At least two ruling party members have been arrested for the murder of the man who was suspected of supporting Masaiti, Mupvuta said.

2.   Chiapas Gov. Julio Cesar Ruiz, a ruling party member, ordered an investigation and promised that any state government official found involved in the massacre would be prosecuted.

3.   He changed his mind after ruling Liberal Democratic Party members and Cabinet ministers called on him and other senior officials to step down.

4.   Indian newspapers have speculated the government will leave that decision to the state legislature, where ruling party members are reportedly divided on the issue.

5.   Interior Ministry officials said they were former ruling party members and so would be immediately taken back into the fold.

6.   Miyazawa is regarded as one of the more globally minded of the senior ruling party members.

7.   Ruling party members have also been victims of political attacks although few have been killed.

8.   Parliament is overwhelmingly filled with ruling party members.

9.   A ruling party member sought in connection with the burning of a woman in a hotel oven surrendered to police Monday in southern India.

10.   Allawi said anti-Saddam rebels operating inside Iraq have recently intensified their attacks against the Iraqi government and the ruling Baath Party members.