21.   It was learned that the House leadership tried but failed to convince the Senate into extending the session until Saturday.

22.   Russia labels him a terrorist, and the Chechen leadership has tried to distance itself from Raduyev, though he still has a following among some young Chechens.

23.   Some Tibetan independence leaders urged the Dalai Lama to ignore the opening from China, saying the Chinese leadership is only trying to extract concessions.

24.   The new leadership is trying to revive interest by publishing a newsletter.

25.   The Palestinian leadership apparently was trying to apply carefully calibrated pressure on moderate Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak who has adopted a vague position on Jewish settlements.

26.   The Taliban leadership is trying to rally support in the south as local Pashtun tribal leaders seek to convince lower-ranking militia members to abandon the movement.

27.   Though the ex-communist leadership has tried to downplay the election loss, the defeat has strained party unity largely along generational lines.

28.   The party leadership has been trying for two weeks to hammer out a new platform taking into account the broad popularity of the peace process among Israeli voters.

29.   The Russian leadership should try to resolve the issue according to the real sentiments of Chechen people, he added.

30.   The Republican leadership might still try next week to revive some of the provisions stripped back Friday before the House votes on final passage of the spending bill.