21.   Opposition deputies accuse Welfare and True Path deputies of attempts to prevent any serious investigation.

22.   Opposition deputies accused Welfare and True Path deputies of attempts to prevent any serious investigation.

23.   Opposition deputies convinced the ruling party to drop an amendment requiring newspapers to pay for mandatory insurance to fund any possible future trials against them.

24.   Opposition deputies hooted and made catcalls as Murayama defended government efforts and promised a thorough review of disaster procedures.

25.   Opposition deputies kept up their attack until balloting even though the most contested element of the bill was officially killed the night before.

26.   Opposition deputies left the chamber before the vote, saying they had to attend Mass on Orthodox Good Friday.

27.   Opposition deputies were preparing a no confidence motion in Parliament Thursday.

28.   Parliament on Thursday lifted the legislative immunity for two opposition deputies implicated in a scandal that has revealed ties between the state and the underworld.

29.   Parliament in the former Soviet republic stripped immunity from opposition presidential candidate Vazgen Manukian and seven other opposition deputies.

30.   Police also briefly detained Zoran Simonovic, an opposition deputy in the federal parliament from Kragujevac.