1.   At the same time, Brazilian opposition lawmakers say they have enough votes to force a formal probe into whether five legislators took bribes to vote for the amendment.

2.   At the same time, the opposition lawmakers say they intend to cut taxes.

3.   A standoff in the Diet, where opposition lawmakers are blocking access to the main chamber, has raised the possibility Japan may need to draft a provisional budget.

4.   But Boutros Harb, a Maronite opposition lawmaker and presidential aspirant, said that the fiery denunciations from some Muslim clerics do not represent the views of most Muslims.

5.   For months, Carrillo had resisted calls for his resignation, and opposition lawmakers were preparing to open public investigative hearings on his governorship this week.

6.   His report created a furor from opposition lawmakers, who said the conclusions and various investigations were confusing and erratic.

7.   In recent weeks opposition lawmakers have mounted a campaign to force Ortiz to resign.

8.   Kenyan policemen had stood by and allowed the thugs to beat up the opposition lawmakers.

9.   Meanwhile, opposition lawmakers said they would seek to impeach Finance Minister Luis Raul Matos Azocar if some wrongdoing is discovered.

10.   News reports of the loan were an embarrassment to Tazawa, and he had been expected to face a grilling about it from opposition lawmakers.