1.   The Assembly session had opened in February but had been seriously disrupted by DPP protests.

2.   A treaty could be ready for signing when the annual U.N. General Assembly session opens in New York in September.

3.   After IOC executive board meetings that start Monday, the full session opens Thursday at the famed Bolshoi Theatre.

4.   Each Senate session traditionally opens with a prayer.

5.   Now lawmakers will have to wait until today, when the legislative session opens, to find out how much spending money they will have for the biennium.

6.   On Thursday, a session opens in Istanbul for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

7.   Others came to the Dome for practice sessions open to the public.

8.   The session opened the winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, a rare foray into foreign affairs for an organization devoted to municipal issues.

9.   The Toronto Stock Exchange said it would halt trading in Bre-X stock when the session opens on Monday.

10.   Parliament will not start meeting regularly in the Reichstag until its fall session opens in September.