31.  An exiled democracy activist who sneaked back into China to help other dissidents form an independent political party will be tried Wednesday, a human rights group said Monday.

32.  An independent party won one.

33.  Australian Davis Cup captain John Newcombe said Thursday an independent party should try to heal the rift between tennis officials in Australia and U.S. Open runner-up Mark Philippoussis.

34.  But first Italian head of state, President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, must consult with coalition leaders as well as heads of independent parties.

35.  Cardoso was also a member of the Maputo Municipal Assembly for a small social independent party.

36.  Chief Election Commissioner M.S. Gill said the two Janata Dal groups will be recognized as independent parties for the period of the elections scheduled for September-October.

37.  Chinese dissident defies probable arrest Monday to announce the formation of an independent political party.

38.  Dissident Bao Ge emerged unrepentant from three years of forced labor Wednesday and vowed to organize an independent political party.

39.  He created his own independent political party and has taken over Histadrut, the national labor federation.

40.  He made clear the ethnic Albanians want a third independent party to participate in any future negotiations.