31.   The ex-communist Democratic Left Alliance was only the major parliamentary group to argue against the tribunal ruling during parliamentary debate Wednesday.

32.   The leaders of the parliamentary groups met Wednesday to discuss what work could still be done before parliament dissolves itself and a date is set for the elections.

33.   The leaders of the parliamentary groups met Wednesday to discuss what work could still be done before Parliament dissolves itself, and a date is set for the elections.

34.   The Liberals saw their own parliamentary group slashed from six to two seats.

35.   The president then asks the biggest parliamentary group to form a new Cabinet within a week.

36.   The parliamentary group will have to find a legal way to replace him if he refuses to step down.

37.   The parliamentary group has drawn up a set of recommendations to repeal colonial-era laws that restrict political freedoms and to change some aspects of the electoral process.

38.   The session was then adjourned until Thursday morning, to allow for consultations among parliamentary groups.

39.   They refused food, the committee said, to try to force authorities to let them meet with an Australian parliamentary group visiting in April.

40.   Top Schroeder aides, including Scharping and Fischer, met prominent conservatives Monday to lobby for full backing by their parliamentary group.