31.   A fist fight broke out between deputies in the lower house.

32.   A lower house committee is already investigating.

33.   A lower house confidence vote is expected shortly after noon local time, after which debate shifts to the senate.

34.   A new bill on adoption has passed the lower house of the Russian Parliament.

35.   A new law to control immigration, already approved by the lower house, is now on its way through Parliament.

36.   A meeting proposed today by lower house Speaker Takako Doi between the ruling coalition and Shinshinto was canceled because the opposition party failed to show up.

37.   A Russian journalist joked that Karelin may have been distracted by his duties in the lower house of the Duma, the Russian parliament.

38.   A surprisingly weak showing resulted in the party barely retaining control over the powerful lower house.

39.   Advani told reporters last night he was resigning from the Lok Sabha, or the lower house, and would not enter parliament until he was exonerated.

40.   After seven years in Congress, the environmental crimes bill was approved by the lower house of Congress just as Brazil released figures showing record rates of deforestation.