1.   Efforts to change the laws have fallen victim to state politics, say some legislators and officials close to Pataki.

2.   In other areas of the budget, the four opposition parties have reached a consensus and the PRI has either agreed or shown signs of flexibility, legislators said.

3.   Neither does Stephanie Faul, communications director of AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington, who said legislators focused too much on cell phones as hazards.

4.   Smith said legislators and aides with a direct line to the process have an unfair advantage in lobbying.

5.   President Lech Walesa intensified his battle with the left-dominated parliament Monday, saying the legislators should disband if they refuse to appoint a new government.

6.   Any attempt by Turkey to prevent the delivery of Russian anti-aircraft missiles ordered by Cyprus would result in a Russian-Turkish war, a Russian legislator said Friday.

7.   Both chambers approved in separate votes, said the legislators, who asked not to be named.

8.   He said Arab legislators and NGO workers would try to engage sympathetic political parties and international organizations.

9.   In the past, President Yoweri Museveni has repeatedly refused to negotiate with the rebels, saying legislators and human-rights leaders who advocate negotiations are inciting treason.

10.   Missing for more than four months, a Haitian lawmaker has been arrested in Switzerland on drug charges, a fellow legislator said Tuesday.