1.  He also thanked Germans -- east and west and not forgetting the leftwing opposition -- who supported the anti-apartheid struggle.

2.  However, the leftwing opposition dominated the constituency voting.

3.  However the plan, which enraged the unions and the leftwing opposition as well as a large section of public opinion, was rejected by the parliamentary privatisation commission.

4.  Incomplete returns said that the outgoing coalition would have a majority of just two seats in parliament over the combined leftwing opposition parties.

5.  Early voting was calm, a spokesman for the leftwing opposition Labour Party told AFP.

6.  The projections showed that the outgoing coalition would have a majority of just four seats in parliament over the combined forces of the leftwing opposition parties.

7.  Meanwhile, centre and leftwing opposition parties called on Berlusconi to quit.

8.  The biggest protest was in Paris, where thousands of people took to the streets in a demonstration organised by humanitarian groups, unions and leftwing opposition parties.

9.  The centre and leftwing opposition parties, however, called for Berlusconi to resign.

10.  The Israeli leftwing opposition is planning a campaign of civil disobedience to protest the hardline peace policy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, parliamentary sources said Sunday.