1.   No government can fail a confidence vote without suspicion that parties were bought by the opposition.

2.   Haughey dismissed two ministers before the no confidence vote.

3.   The Russian broadcast media and most newspapers are largely sympathetic to the president and could prove a powerful weapon in the national confidence vote.

4.   IRISH Prime Minister Albert Reynolds last night called a general election after losing a confidence vote.

5.   Although Labor is still uncertain of forcing an election right away through a confidence vote in Parliament, its lead in the polls has grown to a remarkable spread.

6.   As was the case in the earlier confidence votes he won, absentee members of the Chamber of Deputies made the difference.

7.   Both the Mumbai and the National exchanges will be open tomorrow for a special trading session to allow investors react to the outcome of the confidence vote.

8.   A confidence vote on the current government, scheduled for Wednesday in Parliament, will probably be postponed.

9.   A conflict-of-interest debate that began after his speech will end with a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday.