1.  The appointment of a deputy parliamentary chairman, Yuri Yarov, as a Deputy Prime Minister, was viewed as a concession to conservative deputies.

2.  Crimean parliamentary chairman Sergei Tsekov said he would convene an emergency session of parliament in response to the decree, Itar-Tass said.

3.  Georgia is recalling its ambassador to Italy amid allegations of bribe-taking, a parliamentary chairman said Friday.

4.  He broke into a grin as a laughing Li Peng, the outgoing premier elected parliamentary chairman on Monday, pumped his hand in congratulations.

5.  Shushkevich, who as parliamentary chairman was head of state before Lukashenko, laughed off the telegram, which he received Monday.

6.  The Chechen leaders were holed up in a bomb shelter, according to their parliamentary chairman.

7.  The crowd was largely made up of students, professionals and leading opposition figures, including deputy parliamentary chairman Gennady Karpenko and trade union leader Alexander Bukhvostov.

8.  He will be replaced in the interim by Antonio Almeida Santos, the parliamentary chairman, who will have only limited powers.

9.  As well as his meeting with Jiang, Menem will hold talks Thursday with Vice Premier in charge of the economy Zhu Rongji and parliamentary chairman Qiao Shi.

10.  Earlier he had been due to meet Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao and parliamentary chairman Li Peng for talks.