31.   A group of Taiwan academics, including an opposition National Assembly deputy, made a study tour to Beijing in early March.

32.   A parliamentary commission led by the ruling party dismissed the allegations Tuesday despite objections from opposition deputies on the panel.

33.   After Laar fielded questions for three hours, opposition deputies planned to introduce a bill forcing reconsideration of the entire deal.

34.   All but two members of the ruling coalition walked out before he spoke, leaving Kovac to address opposition deputies and a balcony packed with diplomats and reporters.

35.   Ahmed al-Rubei, an opposition deputy who served in the Cabinet as education minister, said the generous welfare system cannot continue.

36.   Among those hospitalized were four opposition deputies, including former Premier Filip Dimitrov.

37.   An unprecedented congressional probe into the case began in the last legislature, but opposition deputies claim it was limited by the PRI majority.

38.   As hostilities escalated, ruling party Deputy Rafael Oceguera Ramos seized the microphone and insulted opposition deputies.

39.   But opposition deputy Ion Ratiu said the budget was not based on economic realities.

40.   But opposition deputies and business associations warn that the tax will make life more difficult and more expensive for both private companies and Slovene citizens.