1.   A bomb exploded outside the apartment of the Crimean first deputy prime minister Sunday, killing the man carrying the device.

2.   The Communists were joined by Crimean deputies, whose abrupt departure brought the session to an early close.

3.   Crimean deputies have backed their president.

4.   Crimean deputies voted Thursday to strip President Yuri Meshkov of his executive powers, in the latest in a series of showdowns between lawmakers and the head of state.

5.   Kuchma on Saturday also restored to power Prime Minister Anatoly Franchuk, who had been dismissed by Crimean deputies ten days ago for being too pro-Ukrainian.

6.   Kuchma also reinstated Prime Minister Anatoly Franchuk, who had been dismissed by Crimean deputies ten days ago for being too pro-Ukrainian.