1.   But when parliament met later in the day to summon Congress formally, Mr Khasbulatov for the second time in three days stepped back from delivering the final stroke.

2.   An Iraqi flag was said to have been raised over the building where the PUK-controlled Kurdish parliament had been meeting.

3.   Both sides described the session, held at Stormont Castle, the hilltop edifice outside Belfast where the Northern Ireland parliament once met, as useful.

4.   But it was for this reason that the French objected, demanding that the parliament meet part of the year in Strasbourg.

5.   Each day, the new parliament meets under the protection of hundreds of police in riot gear.

6.   Parliament meets Wednesday to elect the Speaker, Labour legislator Betty Boothroyd, and to allow the new legislators to be sworn in.

7.   Parliament meets Wednesday to elect a speaker of the House of Commons, currently Labour legislator Betty Boothroyd, and to swear in legislators.

8.   Parliament met in special session, and members listened gravely as the minister of Public Works and Housing, Koray Aydin, described the extent of the calamity.

9.   The parliament meets for a week four times a year.

10.   The parliament met here Monday, but only continued the stalemate that will probably be resolved only with international intervention.