1.   One possibility under investigation is that ruling party officials on the coast did instigate the attacks but that the violence quickly spun out of control.

2.   Ruling party officials, all members of the same family, doubled as election workers.

3.   Ruling party officials say they will institute new balloting procedures before the next elections to let the party with the majority control the city council.

4.   This allows ruling party officials to claim that Singapore is not ready for full democracy because the opposition lacks experience and maturity.

5.   Opposition lawmakers opposed the suspension, arguing it would only slightly affect ruling party officials with government facilities and services at their disposal.

6.   Police on Tuesday reported the death of a ruling party campaign manager who was shot in a dispute with suspected supporters of another ruling party official.

7.   A senior ruling party official, Taku Yamasaki, said on a Sunday morning television talk show that the government should lower corporate tax rates.

8.   A top ruling party official told the Serbian parliament Thursday that it should vote to send a delegation to a Kosovo peace conference in France.

9.   A senior ruling party official, Taku Yamasaki, said on a Sunday morning television talk show that Japan should lower corporate tax rates.

10.   A senior South African ruling party official resigned his post Thursday, the day after he was arrested on corruption charges related to a controversial multibillion dollar arms deal.