1.   As Putin told parliament on Tuesday, Russia lacks an adequate up-to-date law for imposing such emergency rule.

2.   On Friday Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto told parliament he urged the ruling party to consider allowing banks to revalue property assets at market prices.

3.   On Friday Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto told parliament he urged the ruling party to consider allowing banks to re-value property assets at market prices.

4.   Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on Friday told parliament he urged the LDP to consider the measures.

5.   Palestinian legislators convened Thursday in Ramallah to work on a detailed plan to reform the Palestinian Authority, after Arafat told parliament Wednesday he was open to the idea.

6.   Planning and finance minister Tomas Salomao told parliament Monday it was better for importers to use the legal routes rather than to smuggle.

7.   Rakhmonov told parliament he would consider the resignation of some government members, including the defense minister, his chief of staff and a first deputy prime minister.

8.   Allegations of Spanish police torture of a Basque separatist arrested last week for murder are groundless, Interior Minister Jaime Mayor told parliament Monday.

9.   Basil Criticos, assistant minister for health, told parliament Wednesday residents had drunk contaminated water and did not like using latrines, the Kenya Times newspaper said.

10.   Britain is willing to lead an international peacekeeping force in Afghanistan and the first troops could be on the ground shortly, Blair told parliament.