1.   Elsewhere in Europe, socialist politicians have applauded the move against the former right-wing dictator.

2.   Here, it is the trial of Bernard Tapie, a French socialist politician, that has the country enthralled.

3.   His outspokenness has earned him some criticism in the Greek press and from socialist politicians.

4.   Reboucas said he was especially critical of the role played by Socialist politicians at the forum.

5.   Some opposition Socialist politicians criticized these measures as counter-productive, sure to convert many Algerian moderates into supporters of the front.

6.   Venezuela recently put a leading socialist politician, Teodoro Petkoff, in charge of its revised austerity and privatization program.

7.   Parliamentary leaders on Tuesday assessed the political future of vice-premier Elio Di Rupo, who is under investigation following allegations the socialist politician sexually abused minors.

8.   A car bomb Tuesday killed Fernando Buesa, a Socialist politician and outspoken critic of the main separatist group, ETA, and his police bodyguard.

9.   And last week, ETA shot former Socialist politician Jose Ramon Recalde in the face last week in the Basque city of San Sebastian.

10.   But it uncovered another scandal involving bribes paid by Italian aircraft maker Agusta SpA to Socialist politicians in return for a Belgian military contract.