71.   Nastase also met with deputy parliament speaker Anders Bjoerck and King Carl XVI Gustaf.

72.   Najama Heptullah, the female deputy speaker of the upper house, argued that the bill also should apply to that body, whose members are not directly elected.

73.   Nejat Arseven, a former judge and parliament deputy speaker, was made a state minister and is expected to be in charge of customs.

74.   On Wednesday, Ram Bilas Yadav of the pro-monarchy National Democratic Party was elected deputy speaker of Parliament as part of an understanding reached with the Nepali Congress.

75.   Once the documents are ready, the council will meet again to discuss its next step, Vladimir Ryzhkov, the first deputy Duma speaker, told reporters.

76.   On Sunday, it canceled a visit by an Australian economic delegation, deputy parliament speaker Hassan Rowhani said.

77.   On Monday, he disarmed his guards and fled, deputy speaker Anashuvat Danelyan said.

78.   Other candidates include deputy parliament speaker and former Education Minister Peeter Kreitzberg, of the leftist opposition Center Party.

79.   Several minutes of the meeting were wasted on frequent protests against the deputy speaker, who also reacted emotionally to allegations of impartiality made by opposition members.

80.   Ruben Miroian, another deputy speaker, and Genrikh Abramian, another member of parliament, were also killed, said lawmaker Agvan Vardanian.