1.   The new congress could act on privacy issues ranging from medical records to telecommunications and immigration, if it chooses to.

2.   Opposition leaders said the new congress should have picked the acting governor rather than the outgoing PRI-dominated legislature.

3.   Portillo has said he will probably have differences with Rios Montt, whose supporters are a majority in the new congress.

4.   A new congress in February likely will decide.

5.   Antonio Soto, a top PRD lawmaker, was excited, almost agitated, as he described the possibilities for the new congress.

6.   Colombians went to the polls Sunday to elect a new congress, amid unprecedented security against rebel sabotage.

7.   Co-premiers Norodom Ranariddh and Hun Sen had ordered the Interior Ministry to tell Son Sann to effect a reconciliation with his rival faction before convoking a new party congress.

8.   He parlayed that into election as president of the new congress elected in November.

9.   He said the assembly should work quickly and call a national vote on the new constitution in November and elections for a new congress in December.

10.   He parleyed that into election as president of the new congress elected in November.