1. By convention, the monarch summons the leader of the party with a majority of seats in the House of Commons. 2. On Wednesday, he summoned congressional leaders to the White House for a talk on the budget. 3. So Bush summoned legislative leaders to Andrews Air Force Base. 4. Yeltsin has summoned the leaders of the seven leading industrial democracies. 5. Prosecution officials said they planned to summon several leaders of the militant confederation for questioning about their alleged involvement in the violence. 6. Also Saturday, police said they have summoned pro-democracy leader Megawati Sukarnoputri for questioning about events leading up to the violence. 7. In a first crackdown, dozens of Hamas activists were rounded up and several leaders were summoned for questioning, including spokesman Mahmoud Zahar. 8. Lagos State Gov. Bola Tinubu summoned leaders of the Hausa and Yoruba communities to peace talks, but it was not immediately clear if they had begun. 9. Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu summoned leaders of the Hausa and Yoruba communities to peace talks Tuesday, while insisting the clashes were not ethnically based. 10. On Thursday, after Clinton said he was summoning congressional leaders to the White House, Rep. Henry Hyde said compromise is possible in good-faith bargaining. |