71.   Parliament unanimously passed a resolution accusing the International Olympic Committee of bias and urging Russia to boycott the closing ceremony of the games.

72.   Preval signed into law legislation passed by parliament that privatizes nine state-owned industries.

73.   Pavel Krasheninnikov also renewed his push for parliament to pass a draft law banning Nazi symbols, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

74.   Putin said Monday that the Russian parliament would soon pass legislation setting up a temporary government in Chechnya.

75.   A new law passed by parliament would send wealthy Iraqis to jail for up to a year for hiring private bodyguards.

76.   A year after the government was formed, parliament passed a conversion bill in the first of three readings.

77.   After stormy debates, parliament passed a long-awaited land code last year allowing for limited land sales.

78.   After three hours of talks, Schroeder said officials would work out proposals over the next few weeks that parliament could pass before its summer break.

79.   After parliament passed the amendments, nationalist politicians began a petition drive to force a referendum.

80.   Alkatiri said he expected the parliament would pass the legislation within two weeks.