41.   Prime Minister Tansu Ciller resigned Wednesday after a coalition party, unhappy about the price citizens are paying for her austerity policies, pulled out of her government.

42.   A leader of a governing coalition party has called for independence status not only for Kosovo, but also for the northern Serbian province of Vojvodna.

43.   A leader of a governing coalition party has called for independence status not only for Kosovo, but also for the northern Serbian province of Voivodna.

44.   A ruling coalition party withdrew a request for last-minute changes in a lucrative sale of state assets Wednesday, removing fears that the deal would fall through.

45.   Although the charges were never fully proven, the government started looking for a new candidate that would suit both the govering coalition parties and the opposition.

46.   All current governing coalition parties and an opposition party agree the two men should go to trial.

47.   All five opposition candidates nominated so far have been rejected by the coalition parties in previous parliamentary voting, reflecting the deep division in the chamber.

48.   But Ciorbea praised the nomination as a good solution because Vasile has the support of all four coalition parties.

49.   But Kohl is passing up the chance and sending Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel, whose junior coalition party has been battered by repeated election losses.

50.   But late Monday, no agreement had been reached on a plan to include greater private sector contributions, said officials of the coalition parties.