1.   A parliament session last week scheduled a new election for next spring, to be followed by an electoral assembly that would name a new president.

2.   Legislation on this will be submitted to an ordinary parliament session early next year.

3.   The government aims to submit legislation to allow banks to establish holding companies to an extraordinary parliament session in fall, a senior Finance Ministry official said.

4.   The government plans to draft a bill for passage in the next parliament session in the fall.

5.   The government plans to draft a bill for passage in the next parliament session in the fall, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said after the Cabinet meeting.

6.   Only three seats were held by the opposition in the last five-year parliament session.

7.   Parties held talks to choose individual Cabinet ministers, a process expected to last until a parliament session Sunday meant to approve the new government.

8.   Parliament sessions in Zaire often are sparsely attended.

9.   A parliament session was suspended as Dehaene rushed out to convene an urgent cabinet meeting.

10.   A Serbian parliament session will be called to decide whether a government delegation will attend a Kosovo peace conference this week in France, the government said Monday.