51.   On Tuesday, Hiromu Nonaka, a senior ruling Liberal Democratic Party official, said the prime minister was definitely going to call for cutting some taxes.

52.   On Tuesday, Hiromu Nonaka, a senior ruling Liberal Democratic Party official, said the prime minister was definitely going to call for the cutting of some taxes.

53.   On Tuesday, Hiromu Nonaka, a senior ruling Liberal Democratic Party official, said the prime minister was definitely going to cut some taxes permanently.

54.   Other ruling party officials and military chiefs have taken over homesteads and other farm buildings across the country.

55.   Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi fires foreign minister, top ruling party official says.

56.   President Thabo Mbeki and senior ruling party officials have criticized Madikizela-Mandela as self-promoting, but she remains wildly popular among poor urban blacks.

57.   Ruling party officials were not immediately available for comment.

58.   Prosecutor Suzgo Munthali said the state had insufficient evidence linking Mahtani in the plot to Princess Nakatindi Wina, a ruling party official on trial for alleged involvement.

59.   Prosecutors said Choi, a ruling Millennium Democratic Party official, bribed Shin on behalf of a businessman seeking influence with politicians and government officials.

60.   Ruling Communist Party officials, however, were shocked at the demonstrations and considered the participants a public security threat.