21.   Income tax, a fiscal measure nonexistent under one-party socialism, is now being debated, according to Ricardo Alarcon, the head of the national assembly.

22.   It is scheduled to rule for six months until a national assembly is convened.

23.   Its ultimate goal will be to set up a traditional Afghan national assembly called a loya jirga and pave the way for democratic elections.

24.   Karzai had asked delegates to select people from among themselves to form a smaller national assembly that could work alongside his administration.

25.   Many suggest that Zahir Shah could oversee a national assembly, or loya jirga, to select a representative government in Kabul once the Taliban is forced from power.

26.   Meanwhile, angry Korean legislators, speaking on the floor of the national assembly, urged the government to order the Japanese ambassador to leave the country.

27.   Nigerians made their views clear last weekend, as practically the entire country boycotted elections for a national assembly.

28.   Some people are talking about impeachment, although the national assembly does not technically have that power.

29.   Some work for a national assembly company, such as Huffy Service First.

30.   Suharto faces re-election by a national assembly in March, which until a few weeks ago had appeared to be a perfunctory endorsement of his continued rule.