31.   Spurred by numerous complaints, legislators have passed a new bill banning music that blasts from giant speakers at street parties and dance halls in Jamaica.

32.   State legislators passed a budget last week that cut millions of dollars for higher education and other programs to avoid new taxes, spurring the spike in tuition.

33.   The decision met with strong protests in largely Catholic Bavaria, where state legislators passed another law requiring crosses in public school classrooms in October.

34.   The Israel-PLO autonomy agreement stipulates that all council meetings be open, unless legislators pass a special resolution to keep out the public.

35.   The protests began after ruling party legislators passed the new labor law in a secretive, predawn parliamentary session last Thursday, with no opposition members present.

36.   The protests began Thursday after ruling party legislators passed the new labor law in a secretive, predawn parliamentary session, with no opposition members present.

37.   The protests began last Thursday when ruling party legislators passed a law which workers fear will threaten their jobs.

38.   The protests began hours after ruling party legislators passed a new labor law in a secretive, predawn parliamentary session without an opposition party presence.

39.   They demand that legislators pass an amnesty law for the former rebels before giving up remaining northwestern villages still under their control.

40.   Hong Kong legislators on Monday passed a motion urging the government to condemn Britain unless it accepts all Vietnamese boatpeople stranded here after its colonial rule ends in July.