1.  Tsvangirai, who was summoned to court and then released, is the third opposition party member to be arrested on such charges in the past week.

2.  He is the third Thai opposition MP linked by the United States to alleged drug trafficking in the last two months.

3.  Draskovic and a third opposition leader, Vesna Pesic, were not present at the inaugural council session as they are not due to sit on the local body.

4.  The third opposition leader, the former mayor of the Chechen capital Grozny, Bislan Gantamirov, will also take part in the meeting, according to the statement.

5.  The third opposition party, the Moslem fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, held a rally late Saturday for the same purpose.

6.  The third opposition party, the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, plans to stage a mass rally.

7.  Wattana was the third opposition MP linked by the United States to alleged drugs trafficking in the past two months.

8.  Wattana was the third opposition MP alleged by US officials this summer to have links to the drug trade.