21.   Newly appointed Socialist Premier Lionel Jospin appointed his Cabinet on Wednesday that included two Communists and an ecologist needed to form a governing majority in the National Assembly.

22.   Newly appointed Socialist Premier Lionel Jospin named a Cabinet on Wednesday that included three Communists and an ecologist needed to form a governing majority in the National Assembly.

23.   Newly appointed Socialist Premier Lionel Jospin named a moderate Cabinet on Wednesday that included three Communists and an ecologist needed to form a governing majority in the National Assembly.

24.   Premier Romano Prodi on Friday called for a vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies after the Albanian mission divided his governing majority.

25.   Prodi relies on the votes of the Communists in the Chamber of Deputies to keep his governing majority, leading critics to say he is their hostage.

26.   The Communist Party, on which Jospin depends for his governing majority in the National Assembly, also had some threatening words.

27.   The four leading opposition groups scheduled talks Sunday to try to form a governing majority.

28.   The parliament vote largely reflected a split between the governing majority of Liberals, Socialists and Greens, and the opposition Christian Democrats and nationalists.

29.   The vote largely reflected a split between the governing majority of Liberals, Socialists and Greens, and the opposition Christian Democrats and right-wing parties.

30.   The vote largely reflected a split between the governing majority of Liberals, Socialists and Greens versus the opposition Christian Democrats and right-wing parties.