11.   Sharma, whose doctorate was in law from Cambridge, was elected, with support from Congress and leftist groups, ninth president of India.

12.   She has denied any links with the leftist group, but her advisers have expressed worries that her movement could be infiltrated by extremists.

13.   The authorities said there were indications that the blast was the work of a leftist terrorist group, but they did not identify an organization.

14.   The blockades are being led by small but well organized leftist groups that have replaced unions as the most important vehicles for economic protest by the unemployed.

15.   The demonstrations, often led by Palestinian leftist groups opposed to the self-rule accord, have put pressure on the authority.

16.   The marchers included dissident union members, followers of various leftist groups, farmers and members of the middle class furious over the high cost of bank credit.

17.   The latest to die were members of a leftist group protesting transfers from dormitory-style prisons to prisons with one- and two-person cells.

18.   The leftist Meretz group had threatened last week to resign from the Rabin government if it went ahead with its ongoing construction plans in the greater Jerusalem settlements.

19.   The national chairman of the party, a democratic leftist group with a national following, disavowed the protests Wednesday.

20.   The rebel movement has drawn particularly strong support from leftist groups in Europe.