41.   In Tokyo, investors grew cautious ahead of a meeting of ruling party officials to map out stimulus measures.

42.   It was not possible to obtain immediate comment on the report from police, government officials or ruling party officials.

43.   It was not immediately possible to contact ruling party officials.

44.   Local ruling party officials said then Kaunda incited the students and had not received police authorization to address them, but no action was immediately taken.

45.   Madikizela-Mandela has been criticized by President Thabo Mbeki and senior ruling party officials for her self-promotion, but remains wildly popular among many poor urban blacks.

46.   Militant students have threatened to torch exhibits at the annual fair to protest participation by the gay group and ruling party officials said they also would organize demonstrations.

47.   More important to voters, though, he has never been involved in the scandals and shady deals linked to ruling officials.

48.   Miguel Aleman Velasco and Jose Murat Casab both spoke to ruling party officials and voters to announce their candidacies for the election primaries.

49.   No high-level government officials have been charged in the massacre, although local ruling party officials from towns surrounding Acteal have been charged with first-degree murder.

50.   Observers also heard reports that ruling party officials were seen at some polling stations intimidating voters.