11.   Eight parties are participating.

12.   Envoy says all parties will participate in elections.

13.   Five opposition parties are participating.

14.   Five opposition parties were participating in the elections.

15.   He said his party would not participate in a non-political government or one that was made up of parties other than the currency coalition.

16.   However, new technologies have made it possible for interested parties to participate in the proceedings from thousands of miles away.

17.   Meanwhile, PAN deputy Ricardo Garcia Cervantes said that the smaller political parties can participate in State Reform Initiative negotiations, but not at the actual negotiating table.

18.   Minority parties participated in both provincial and national government, according to arrangements for the transition from apartheid to democracy.

19.   Nader also reacted to a Zogby poll showing a majority of voters want a third party to participate in debates.

20.   Pandeli Majko, another Socialist leader, told the crowd his party would not participate unless the government lifted a state of emergency.