31.  The protests, which were festive at times, united elements as diverse as big business and left-wing communist groups.

32.  The suspects were members of a previously unknown hard-line Communist group, the Revolutionary Military Council.

33.  In Madurai, Suresh Kumar, a member of a communist group, set himself on fire at a crowded bus station in protest against the event.

34.  A communist insurgent group took responsibility Wednesday for three ambushes which claimed the lives of a prominent ethnic Chinese tycoon, a Singaporean boy and two others.

35.  Another communist group, the United Communist Party of Nepal, took power in the country in legislative elections last November.

36.  Carlsson said last Wednesday he would form a minority government made up of Social Democrats forgoing a coalition with the Liberals or former communist groups.

37.  Carlsson said last Wednesday he would form a minority cabinet composed entirely of Social Democrats after rejecting the possibility of a coalition with the Liberals or former communist groups.

38.  Communist groups and left-wing allies called the strike to protest against the Mahakali River Treaty signed by India and Nepal in February.

39.  The statement said that local authorities and the population gave the communist group a warm welcome and that necessary assistance was being provided to them.

40.  There were also charges that Lee was once a communist group member and that his camp was buying votes.