41.   Vinci is an Italian communist visiting Istanbul with an EU parliamentary group to hold talks with the lawyers helping Ocalan and human rights activists.

42.   Gifuni added that consultations would continue on Tuesday after the Christmas break with the speakers of both parliamentary chambers and representatives of parliamentary groups.

43.   He said he would continue to consult next week with parliamentary groups, lower house speaker Irene Pivetti and senate president Carlo Scognamiglio.

44.   Heads of both government and opposition parliamentary groups issued the call after the prime minister Tuesday warned that the magistrates were overstepping their duties and encroaching on politics.

45.   Heads of parliamentary groups decided at a conference on Wednesday that the debate will begin next Tuesday.

46.   Her comments came after she chaired a post-strike meeting of the opposition parliamentary groups to decide future action plans.

47.   If parliament rejects the vote of confidence in his administration, made up of experts, other parliamentary groups will then be charged with trying to form a government.

48.   In a televised speech to leaders of the parliamentary groups earlier Monday, Walesa accused the leftist majority of reneging on its election promises.

49.   Interfax news agency reported Wednesday that a message had been circulated in the Duma announcing that a new parliamentary group called the Russian Industrial Union was being set up.

50.   A number of initiatives were under way, including visits by South African parliamentary groups to Burundi, he said.