21.   Initially, the ruling party deputies had tried to reject the report, while the opposition parliamentarians wanted to keep it for strategic reasons.

22.   Deputies have tried to hit back at the former collective farm boss, moving Friday to launch impeachment proceedings against the president.

23.   The Palestinian news agency WAFA said the deputies tried to reach their homes at the end of a two-day meeting of the legislative council in Ramallah.

24.   The private radio Darik, which is close to the opposition, said deputies had tried to hold off the demonstrators by barricading entrances with furniture.

25.   It was unclear whether the third deputy Avigdor Kahalani would try to go ahead with the debate.

26.   Last year several Iranian deputies tried in vain to pass a law on ending the return of expropriated lands.