21.   Analysts here say military leaders do not want to deal directly with Bucaram in case the populist former leader uses the proceedings to launch a political comeback.

22.   Led by a flamboyant populist leader Andrzej Lepper, Samoobrona activists on Thursday emptied wheat imported from Germany by rail onto the ground outside Warsaw.

23.   Populist leader Abadal Bucaram, a candidate from the Ecuadoran Roldosista Party, said Duran Ballan should be tried for blocking the microfilm release.

24.   Populist leader Umberto Bossi has been placed under investigation for threatening the unity and integrity of the Italian state, prosecutors here said Tuesday.