31.   The Zajedno coalition held a late evening protest rally.

32.   Under heavy pressure from the United States, Israel refrained from a counterattack at the time, and the coalition held.

33.   After a first round of voting earlier this month, the ruling coalition already held four seats in the upper house.

34.   After a first round of voting earlier this month, the ruling coalition already held four seats in the senate.

35.   Any plan to send troops abroad must be approved by the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, where the government coalition holds only a slim majority.

36.   The ruling coalition holds a majority in both chambers.

37.   The new coalition held a meeting Monday to hammer out their policies.

38.   The political sitation in Mostar is currently destablised by a Croat boycott of the city council, where a mainly-Moslem coalition holds a majority.

39.   The three-party coalition holds comfortable majorities in both houses of parliament.

40.   They added that some SDP members were furious over rumors the coalition had held secret negotiations with the LDP as a possible partner instead of the SDP.