31.   Symonenko has come in third in recent polls, following Kuchma and outspoken leftist leader Natalia Vitrenko.

32.   The ecologists of Greenpeace warned that Chirac might end a moratorium on nuclear tests, while leftist leaders warned of strikes unless workers received pay raises.

33.   The government has arrested a leftist leader accused of inciting political riots last month, and is considering charging him with a crime punishable by death.

34.   The leftist leaders meet every two years.

35.   The navy facility, which holds just six prisoners, is normally reserved for leftist insurgent leaders.

36.   Turkish police have said leftist terrorist leaders were controlling their groups from prison by giving orders to kill prominent figures.

37.   Walesa had been evading the tax question for several days after it emerged in the bitter runoff campaign against leftist leader Aleksander Kwasniewski.

38.   He said the mistakes of a succession of leftist leaders had contributed to media magnate, and now prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi taking power.

39.   Two-thirds of his proposals were taken on board, the leftist leader said, but the government had not explained how pension backlogs would be covered.

40.   Leftist leaders have united in calling for negotiations, while the right appears increasingly divided despite firm words by premier Alain Juppe and his ministers.