51.  Independent members hold a total of six seats, while the seven nationalist or leftist movements, which include the PFLP, hold another seven.

52.  An independent member of the Russian parliament was kidnapped early Thursday from a bar, the news agency ITAR-TASS said, quoting counter-intelligence officials.

53.  But the party then proceeded to woo enough opposition and independent members to claim a razor-thin majority.

54.  Emily Lau, an independent member of LegCo, described Fan as a booster for China who could destroy the traditional role of the speaker.

55.  There is also one independent member of the legislature.

56.  When the news was announced two independent members resigned in protest.

57.  Opposition parties boycotted the vote that saw one independent member and the leader of the rightwing National Democratic Alliance win seats.

58.  Seven independent members of parliament, including five backed by the Muslim Brotherhood, abstained from voting.

59.  Shaukat Butt, an independent member of the Punjab assembly, died from bullet wounds at a hospital, where he was taken after the attack, they said.

60.  The House of Representatives also has one independent member.