11.   But it is one of only a few pieces of legislation that the administration has put forward for consideration by the new parliament.

12.   But the party on whose ticket he was running, the Congress of Russian Communities, has apparently failed to gain representation in the new parliament.

13.   But this weekend the country is to choose a new parliament, and polls show that the opposition would win a fair election.

14.   But unless that happens it looks as if the Democrats and Thai Rak Thai will emerge as the two main forces in the new parliament.

15.   Claiming a popular mandate from the voters, he has sought to pressure deputies to go along with his plan to establish a new parliament.

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

17.   Elections for a new parliament, originally planned for next month, cannot be held before March at the earliest, Prime Minister Smarck Michel said Tuesday.

18.   Her party will hold a plurality of seats in a new national parliament, and she hopes to be elected president in indirect elections later this year.

19.   If the opposition parties win a majority in the new parliament, Jospin is likely to become prime minister.

20.   In Scotland, which elected a new parliament of its own Thursday, talks continued on an expected Labor-Liberal Democratic coalition.